Perception-based closed-loop control (or “hand-eye coordination”) is transforming how AI-powered robot arms handle sensor data. This fundamental change can drive the next evolution in robot arm design, laying the groundwork for cheaper, easier-to-use, and more responsive robot arms, enabling robots to operate in chaotic, natural, & human-centric environments at a much lower cost.

Virtana, a robotics software development & outsourcing company, works with robotics companies all over the world, all while being based in Trinidad. Given the exponential growth in the field of robotics worldwide, there is a huge opportunity for companies like Virtana to increase Trinidad & Tobago’s impact & exports in the field of robotics. However, Virtana’s growth has been limited by its ability to hire local computer scientists, roboticists, & engineers. As such, the local mindset needs to change in several ways to help steer current students, young professionals, & experienced engineers towards cutting edge fields like robotics, and local companies like Virtana.

Today, Ethereum GPU mining is the norm, but the miners haven’t made the jump to running the ethereum mining/hashing algorithm, ethash, on specialized hardware solutions (e.g. FPGAs and ASICs). Here, I’ll walk through where Ethereum mining’s memory hardness comes from, and what the next generation of custom ethereum mining hardware might look like.