Hardware Progress

Intro

A list of ongoing hardware-related tasks yet to be started, in-progress, and completed.

Tasks will be tracked in more detail on GitHub. This page is updated to reflect the overall states of tasks.

Note: This list is by no means, finalized. Tasks will be added, removed, and reordered on a rolling basis.

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Task progress

Design tendon-driven artificial muscles
Build and test artificial muscles
Identify potential torque motors for use with muscles
Procure torque motors in volume
Design, build and test plantigrade legs
Design, build and test digitigrade legs
Design, build and test dexterous hands
Design, build and test arms
Design, build and test torso
Design, build and test endo head
Design, build and test tail
Export assemblies to URDF
Source suitable edge computers for deployable SI agents
Design, build and test BMS
Design, build and test PDB
Design, build and test hot-swap battery tray
Design, build and test EtherCAT BLDC controller
Design, build and test soft nerve sensors
Embed prosthetic components with soft electronics and tactile sensors
Design, build and test carrier board for SI edge computers
Run and wire data buses
Run and wire tactile system to coverings
Source local nanofab spaces
Develop ablative coatings
Develop microfluidic systems to augment IMUs
Source LiFePO4 cells for custom battery
Design, build and test custom hot-swap battery
Integrate custom BMS into battery pack design
Wire power distribution system
Develop a deployable cable tether for charging the battery without removing it (built into the tail, or coiled inside the body)
Source BLDC winding machines
Source wire EDM tooling
Source critical motor components (wiring, magnets)
Design and develop BLDC torque motors in-house
Build and test prototype BLDC torque motors
Scale to produce torque motors in-house
Integrate multiband communication systems