The year is 2015...

and we are intrigued by the concept of a walking animatronic as explored in the 2014 video game, Five Nights at Freddy's. So we set off to create one of our own with the goal of further exploring the concept, and proving that it were possible. At this point in time, we had little formal experience in the field of robotics - let alone developing full scale humanoids! However, this only served to further encourage us to carry on with the project with the mindset of "go big or go home".

Where to start though? Surely there were some online tutorials for small bipeds and Arduino projects at the time, and there was also the InMoov project - though nothing too concrete to go off of regarding the construction of legs. And on a shoestring budget? No way. Self-learning would have to be the method of choice, and trial and error would be the best instructor.

With all of that in mind, we created Project 87 in May 2015, named after an in-game reference from FNAF. We had no idea at the time what kind of attention the project would see over the years, let alone it turning into an actual startup company. The best part is that five years later, it is still going strong! Over the next series of logs, you can see our journey in self-taught robotics over the years, and the evolution of our designs.