Silence first
AUD · 01Listen to the mechanism before you open your mouth. The failure mode is already speaking.

A test field for students to build intelligent machines.
Three clauses we actually enforce — not marketing, just the shape of the room.
Listen to the mechanism before you open your mouth. The failure mode is already speaking.
Every LED is a decision. If it does not guide a hand or a measurement, it stays dark.
Nobody owns the crash alone. Logs are communal; shame is temporary; the fix is the ritual.
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Fictional numbers, real discipline — the aesthetic is the point.
Leads and members — titles are provisional; the bench is the source of truth.

Alex Mercer
Lab director · arms
Kinematics, torque budgets, and the politics of who touches the torque wrench first.

Rita Okonkwo
Firmware · cage systems
RTOS bring-up, cage interlocks, and logs that survive a post-mortem without blame.

Jon Vance
Aircraft · controls
Attitude loops, vibration, and why the sim never matches the cage — yet.

Mira Sato
Perception · sensing
Cameras, lidar sanity checks, and calibration rituals nobody skips twice.

Elias Kraft
Structures · fabrication
Sheet metal, tapped holes, and the sacred 0.1 mm you do not hand-wave.

Nina Volkov
Integration · systems
Wiring harness guilt, connector torque, and the one ground that fixes everything.

Theo Nguyen
Simulation · dynamics
Mujoco, friction that lies politely, and meshes too ugly to show sponsors.

Sofia Reyes
Safety · operations
E-stops, cage rules, and the clipboard that actually gets signed.
Faculty and industry mentors who sign off on scope and safety, not slide decks.
Labs, sponsors, and shops that reserve time on the floor — logos and MOUs ship when legal says so.
Bench hours and keys are handled in person — this channel is for coherent questions only.