Months 1–2 · Sessions 1–8
Part 01 — AssembleBuild the body
The curriculum can change based on the pace of learners
- 01
Foundations & safety
Robotics fundamentals, shop tooling and safety, the bill of materials, and the open-source platform you build on.
- 02
Actuators & joints
BLDC motors, FOC drivers, and cycloidal gearboxes — the joint modules that make a robot move.
- 03
Legs & drivetrain
Assemble the hip, knee, and ankle joints that carry the robot's weight and define its gait.
- 04
Torso & arms
Build out the spine, shoulders, and arm linkages from 3D-printed and CNC structural parts.
- 05
Power system
Battery, BMS, and power distribution sized to keep a moving humanoid running.
- 06
Wiring & buses
Route the harness and wire the CAN / EtherCAT buses linking every joint to power and data.
- 07
Sensing
Install and calibrate the IMU, joint encoders, and force-torque sensors the robot feels with.
- 08
Hardware bring-up
First power-on: joint-by-joint checks, safe limits, and a skeleton that answers to commands.




