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

01 / SEMPER AVANTI

Where the name comes from.

The Pedrantis have been American for generations, but the name comes from Cimalmotto, a mountain village in Ticino, Switzerland — its three peaks are the mark at the top of this page.

The family crest reads Semper Avanti — always forward.

Foundation Future Industries

Forward Deployed Engineer

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

// THE NUMBER

$100M+

in commercial robot contracts and investor calls contributed to — since April 2025.

FOUNDATION FUTURE INDUSTRIES // FWD DEPLOYED ENGINEER // APR 2025–PRESENT

// THE INTEGRATIONS

MULTI

Multiple robots integrated into live customer sites.

FOUNDATION FUTURE INDUSTRIES // FWD DEPLOYED ENGINEER // APR 2025–PRESENT

// THE FOOTPRINT

SF+INTL

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

FOUNDATION FUTURE INDUSTRIES // FWD DEPLOYED ENGINEER // APR 2025–PRESENT

02 / 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 validation testbed: a stepper-driven copper disc fixture — Clock-spring FFC testbed · stepper-driven copper disc fixture

CAD render of the full fin-stabilized mortar assembly — tube, bipod, and five-spoke baseplate — Full fin-stabilized mortar assembly · tube, bipod, baseplate

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

Phantom MK1 humanoid standing over a mortar tube in the desert, unmanned

PLATE · MORTAR-ROBOT

Phantom MK1 on the mortar task.

Executing the firing sequence autonomously after training on the operator demonstration.

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.

03 / BUILDING NOW

Second Impressions WORK IN PROGRESS

Second impressions, used right, matter more than first — and the sweetest sound a person can hear is their own name. A voice-first app for remembering the names and details of everyone you meet. Social engineering begins here.

SIDE PROJECT // VOICE · AI · MOBILE

LAUNCH APP //

04 / 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

linkedin.com/in/harrisonpedranti