FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER // FOUNDATION FUTURE INDUSTRIES

HARRISON PEDRANTI

Deploying humanoid robots onto factory floors. Mechanical engineer, USC ME.

ROLE: FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER ORG: FOUNDATION FUTURE INDUSTRIES EDU: USC · B.S. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LOC: SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Foundation Future Industries

Forward Deployed Engineer

Embedded on customer factory floors, getting humanoid robots into production.

MULTI

Integrated multiple robots into customer sites.

$M+

Contributed to multi-million-dollar customer contracts and investor calls.

SF+INTL

Led the SF data-collection team and ran on-site deployments internationally.

01 / WORK · FOUNDATION

WORK · FOUNDATION FUTURE INDUSTRIES DEPLOYED

Clock-Spring FFC Validation Testbed

Designed and built a testbed to validate flex-flat-cable clock-spring wiring for humanoid actuators.

SCOPE

Simulates continuous-rotation wear on FFC clock-spring wiring
Stepper-driven copper disc fixture, integrated to factory PLCs for automated cycles
Integrated continuous-rotation wiring into production robots

CAD render of the clock-spring FFC wire testbed

CAD render of fin-stabilized mortar hardware

WORK · FOUNDATION FUTURE INDUSTRIES DEPLOYED

Fin-Stabilized Mortar System

Designed the mortar and tube hardware to teach the humanoid a live fire-support task: CAD to inert, dimensionally accurate prints, then handed off to the robot to run the sequence itself.

SCOPE

Fin-stabilized shells and tubes modeled in CAD, FEA on load-bearing parts
Inert prints validate geometry, fit, and stabilization before machined metal
Captured the human demonstration, then transferred the task to the humanoid

HUMAN → HUMANOID · TASK TRANSFER EXECUTED

01 // OPERATOR - HARRISON

Operator running the manual firing sequence with the mortar tube, recorded as the demonstration used to train the humanoid.

CAPTURE

Full motion logged: loading, aligning the tube, and firing
Multiple takes across angles and hand positions

EXECUTION

Reproduces the loading, aiming, and firing motion end to end
Runs autonomously with no operator in the loop

02 // HUMANOID - PHANTOM MK1

Phantom MK1 executing the same firing sequence autonomously after training on the operator demonstration.

02 / BUILDING NOW

People WORK IN PROGRESS

A voice-first app for remembering people you meet. Speak a few words about someone and it builds a structured profile: name, role, where you met, and what to follow up on.

SIDE PROJECT // VOICE · AI · MOBILE

LAUNCH APP //

03 / FROM SCHOOL

Projects from a mechanical engineering degree at USC.

CAD render of the S.P.U.R. brake dynamometer test rig

SCHOOL · USC CAPSTONE DEPLOYED

S.P.U.R. · Brake Energy Harvester

Modular wheel spacer that harvests waste heat from metro brake discs via bismuth-telluride TEGs. Produced 0.532 W at a 22.3°C differential, 89% of design target.

SCHOOL · USC FSAE COMPLETED

FSAE Suspension System

Designed and machined pushrods, bushings, and spacers to sub-2 mm tolerances, and tuned wheel and motion ratios to 1:1 for the USC Formula SAE car.

Get in touch.

harrisonpedranti@gmail.com

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