Levels in this stage
How the stage is staged — each level builds on the one before it.
Assemble & program
Build the quadruped, model its parts, and move from blocks to Python.
Kinematics & gait
Forward/inverse kinematics — trace foot trajectories and generate a walking gait.
Dynamics & engineering
Dynamics and the torque law, custom controllers, plus structural, safety and energy engineering.
What You'll Engineer
Organized by theme — the engineering tracks, and how hard each gets.
Mechanics & Kinematics
Intermediate → advancedBuild the quadruped yourself, then crack forward and inverse kinematics — and finally tame real physics: torque, force and a soft landing.
Electronics
ModerateGrab the soldering iron (safely!) — choose parts, prototype on a breadboard, and wire up your own interactive electronics.
Design & Modeling
Intermediate → advancedRun the full product loop — concept, model, print, assemble — then engineer load-bearing parts and shave grams with topology optimization.
Programming & Architecture
advancedTrade blocks for Python and architect a real-time, multithreaded control stack that runs the whole robot.
Motion & Control
advancedGenerate gaits from scratch, keep it balanced on slopes and stairs, and build the safety state machine that stops the face-plants.
Peripherals & End-effectors
Intermediate → advancedSpeak the robot's buses — I²C, UART, CAN — invent a plug-and-play add-on, and take it all the way to a launched product.
AI & Perception
advancedFuse vision, voice and depth, ship product-grade AI apps, and push into end-to-end and vision-language-action models.
Capstone
advancedEvery level lands a real capstone — from a published creation to a robot that does a whole job on its own.
AI Agents
advancedTurn plain words into action: give the robot a brain that plans, picks tools, remembers, and keeps getting smarter.
Simulation
Advanced → researchBuild a digital twin of your quadruped, train it to walk in simulation, then leap the sim-to-real gap onto the real robot.
Meet the hardware
The products behind the curriculum — and the add-ons that extend each one.
FX Aegis
Code Becomes Engineering
An industrial-grade quadruped that teaches real robotics — students program research-grade algorithms on real hardware.
● Main frame ● 12 joints ● LiDAR ● Depth camera ● IMU ● Robotic arm ● Foot sensors ● Charging port
Real industrial robotics
LIPM gait, ZMP planning, force control — from first principles.
From control to perception
LiDAR, vision and IMU fusion on real sensors.
Let the robot decide
Natural language in; Aegis plans and executes.
Classroom to competition
Quarterly global engineering challenges.
Extend Aegis, Solve Real Problems
Design the task — Aegis solves it.
LiDAR
Real-time mapping & navigation — unlocks SLAM lessons.
Robotic Arm
Beyond walking — unlocks grasping, transport & IK lessons.
Multimodal Interaction
Voice + vision + touch integrated — unlocks AI Agent lessons.
IMU + Foot-Pressure Kit
Proprioception upgrade — unlocks balance & terrain-adaptation lessons.
Custom Payload Module
The tasks you design become the next lessons — Aegis solves them.
Charging Dock
Auto-return + auto-charge — unlocks autonomous behavior lessons.