Robotics company 3E8 Robotics designs and builds autonomous indoor delivery robots for condos, hotels and hospitals with deployment slated for early this year.
Co-founded in 2025 by Waterloo Engineering alumni David Feldt (BASc ’24, mechatronics engineering) and Ari Wasch (BASc ’24, chemical engineering) with Sajeel Purewal, 3E8 Robotics has developed technology that enables their robots to interact with elevators in the same way humans do — by activating a button.
Elevators present a barrier for indoor robots, hindering their efficiency in multistorey buildings. For the team, solving that core technical challenge was critical to making robots that work in real-world settings.
Feldt, the company’s CEO, said in an article that during his student days he, “…saw a steady stream of genuinely strong ideas emerge from capstone projects, many of which never progressed beyond the academic setting.” He decided that entrepreneurship was the best way to turn a good idea and technical skills into tangible impact.
To student founders and would-be entrepreneurs, Feldt says, “Test your idea in the real world and don’t be afraid of failure. If you can’t find a way to break it, that’s usually a good sign.”