Unpacking the GenAI Robot Hype: Part 1 - A New Generation of Robot Hardware, powered by GenAI
Vijay Pradeep Vijay Pradeep

Unpacking the GenAI Robot Hype: Part 1 - A New Generation of Robot Hardware, powered by GenAI

We are witnessing a major shift in AI-powered robotics, as applications move from pre-programed, highly-repetitive tasks, to complex tasks requiring human-like intuition and reactiveness. This is enabling the next generation of robots to perform a broader set of labor-intensive work that is currently carried out by wage-earning blue-collar workers. For the first time ever, by combining GenAI with custom hardware, robots have an opportunity to capture a larger portion of the global blue-collar labor market (worth $Ts). This series unpacks how the audacious goals & promises of AI powered robots are suddenly so compelling and worth $bs of investment, despite barely any revenue to show for it (yet).

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Re-imagining Robot Arm Design: How An Overlooked Technology can create cheaper, easier to use, and more responsive robots
Vijay Pradeep Vijay Pradeep

Re-imagining Robot Arm Design: How An Overlooked Technology can create cheaper, easier to use, and more responsive robots

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.

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Building an Export-Focused Robotics Industry in Trinidad & Tobago
Vijay Pradeep Vijay Pradeep

Building an Export-Focused Robotics Industry in Trinidad & Tobago

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.

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Ethereum's Memory Hardness Explained
Vijay Pradeep Vijay Pradeep

Ethereum's Memory Hardness Explained

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.

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