Our primary research objective is to design and build a powered bipedal walking robot founded on examples of passive dynamic robots (i.e. Cornell, Delft). Our robot seeks to overcome the following key challenges:

• improved stability and lateral balance
• point-to-point straight-path walking
• begin walking from a neutral stance
• energy efficiency
• slow down from walk to a standing halt
• improved reliability

Fe is a rich opportunity for undergraduates to engage in cutting edge research as well as hands-on design and fabrication in a dynamic team environment. Oftentimes, the performance of a project team canbe benchmarked by the performance of the final product. However, at Fe, we have long established a strong commitment to place the educational experience of our teammates up with our design goals.

Team experience is important to the success of project teams, Fe is more so an incubator than a industrial powerhouse, more so a playground than a workplace. At the very foundations of our philosophy, we believe that Fe is an experience on its own, an experience that cultivates ideas, teamwork and future experiences.