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Explorations in computing and robotics by a researcher, founder, and communicator. Click to read Avik De, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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On-Chip Flying Robot Estimation At 2 Milliwatts
The human brain consumes 10 W, while current humanoid robot brains consume power in the order of 100 W (and trending upward, let alone datacenter brains).This compute power is untenable for small robots. For example, the first untethered flight of the Rob
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Should Robots Run Like Humans or Ostriches?
Ostriches and humans are both capable terrestrial runners, and they both weigh about 100kg in rough order of magnitude. However, they look quite different when they run. Take a look at these snapshots of a human running compared to an ostrich:Panels sourc
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Are Robotics Policies Lookup Tables?
Generalist robotics policies (such as Vision-Language-Action or VLA models) have made frequent appearances on this blog. These huge models have performance and generalization characteristics that surpass our theoretical understanding, which is great for r
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How Thermals Constrain Robots, Chips, and Space Datacenters
In a prior article, I wrote about the principles behind designing record-breaking running robots. As I wrote then, one of the most helpful innovations over commercial humanoids appeared to be thermal:What should we conclude from Honor's accomplishment? Fi
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