Actuators & motor drivers
The hip and knee joints that carry the load.
Partnerships / Build with McMaster Exo
Back the people. Power the progress.
Help students turn ambitious ideas into working hardware. Your support funds the components, manufacturing and competition experiences that make the build possible.
01 / From support to a working suit
See what your support makes possible.
Every actuator and circuit board has a job to do. Funding and in-kind support help us source the right parts and put student engineering to work.
Machining & raw stock
Aluminium, fasteners and custom-machined structural parts.
Custom PCBs
Power distribution, sensing and safety cutoff boards.
Competition travel
Getting the team and the suit to ACE each spring.
50+ students. Multiple disciplines. A shared engineering challenge.
Explore the work you’re backing02 / Ways to partner
Choose your part in the build.
From a first contribution to a logo on the suit, each level supports the team and gives your company a place in our story.
Under $1,000
Get your name in front of 50+ engineering students and our audience.
Discuss bronze sponsorship$1,000 – $2,000
Recruit from the team directly and feature in our competition coverage.
Discuss silver sponsorship$2,000+
Your logo rides on the suit itself, at competition and in every photo.
Discuss gold sponsorship| Your support, recognised | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logo on website | Standard placement | Enhanced placement | Prominent placement |
| Social media promotion | General mention | Dedicated mention | Featured post |
| Logo on team materials | Website only | Promos & presentations | On the exoskeleton suit |
| Access to team resume book | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Media coverage recognition | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Featured on team merch | — | — | ✓ |
Bronze benefits
- Logo on website
- Standard placement
- Social media promotion
- General mention
- Logo on team materials
- Website only
- Access to team resume book
- Not included
- Media coverage recognition
- Not included
- Featured on team merch
- Not included
Silver benefits
- Logo on website
- Enhanced placement
- Social media promotion
- Dedicated mention
- Logo on team materials
- Promos & presentations
- Access to team resume book
- Included
- Media coverage recognition
- Included
- Featured on team merch
- Not included
Gold benefits
- Logo on website
- Prominent placement
- Social media promotion
- Featured post
- Logo on team materials
- On the exoskeleton suit
- Access to team resume book
- Included
- Media coverage recognition
- Included
- Featured on team merch
- Included
More than funding
Components, machining time and software licences are welcome, too. Talk with us about what your company can contribute.
03 / The people in our corner
Built with their support.
Thank you to the organisations helping us design, build and compete.
gold9 partners
silver3 partners
bronze5 partners
Our student society
McMaster Engineering SocietyOur governing student society04 / Let’s make something happen
The next step is
a conversation.
Tell us about your company and how you’d like to support the team. We can talk through sponsorship, in-kind contributions and the work ahead.
Email us about partnering