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Summer 2026 Progress Update

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Wilson

As the term wraps up, here's where the humanoid team landed this summer — and it's been a big one.

This term​

  • 40+ contributing members — the team grew to one of the largest design teams at UWaterloo, all in a single term.
  • A functional 7 DOF humanoid arm — currently working through a motor issue, fix incoming.
  • A 22 DOF humanoid hand with fully routed tendons.
  • A fully designed 12 DOF humanoid leg, set to be built next term.
  • A full-body humanoid is coming soon, and everything above already exists in simulation for ML training.
  • Renewed partnerships and sponsorship — companies like CubeMars, plus a growing list of people reaching out to learn more about the team.

We set our goals for the term in our quest book at the start of the summer, and we've far exceeded all of them.

Where we're headed​

One-year goal: a humanoid that walks around campus on its own, with arms doing useful work — assembling its own components, folding clothes, that kind of thing.