Foundations

Start your robotics journey with the core concepts behind embodied machines

Welcome to the Robotics Manual

This manual is a learning resource for anyone who wants to understand how robots work — from the physical building blocks to the intelligence that drives them.

Where the Assembly Guides show you how to build with Humaan, this manual teaches the underlying robotics concepts: what robots are made of, how they sense and act in the world, and how the pieces come together into a working system.

What you'll learn

What a robot is — The anatomy of a robot and the loop of sensing, thinking, and acting that defines one.

Sensors and actuators — How robots perceive the world and move within it.

Who this is for

No robotics background required. If you're comfortable with basic technical concepts and curious about machines that operate in the physical world, you're in the right place.