# Asimov

## Goal

- Create a Asimov Robot powered by the Menlo Stack
- High-quality with good docs & packaging
- Asimov Robot
- Robot can be teleoperated offline via Mobile Interface
- Either Mobile WebApp or Mobile App
- Connected through Wifi
- Immersive Teleoperation
- 1st person view (Call Of Duty)
- 3rd person view (GTA - Robot appears)
- URDF moving in the scene
- Robot can move:
- Stand
- Walk
- (Optional) Wave
- Robot has senses:
- See (1st or 3rd person view)
- Hear (ASR -> Transcribe in teleoperation view)
- Talk (Microphone, or TTS)
- Design constraints
- BOM is under US$7,500
- (TBD) 0.9m to 1.3m
- Menlo Stack
- Menlo Edge + See/Hear/Speak
- Docs
- Comparison: Jetson Thor $3,499
- Asimov Developer Experience
- Asimov Website
- Developer Mode
- API Docs + Python SDK
- BD & Partnerships
- Huggingface = Asimov
- Nvidia = Menlo Edge
- Out-of-scope
- Menlo Cloud
- Digital Twin & Simulation
- 4G/5G
- Autonomy

### Asimov User Story

- Screen Mockups
- UX

https://link.excalidraw.com/l/kFY0dI05mm/EQ1JgtKbU5

### Timeline

- 15 Oct 2025: Launch Menlo Stack w/ G1 robot
- Website, Docs
- Menlo Edge
- 1st Dec 2025: Menlo Cloud
- Simulation environments
- Data Engine
- Provision GPU
- 1st Feb 2026: Asimov Prototype w/ Menlo Stack
- Website, Docs, Pricing
- 1st March 2026: Menlo See, Hear, Speak
- World encoder

## Execution

### Asimov Team Structure

https://link.excalidraw.com/l/kFY0dI05mm/3WIvRdZSuJC


- Selim
- AlexE (Mechanical)
- Ron (Vision + Locomotion)
- Jasshan (EE)
- Ishneet (Fullstack + Research)

### Repo Structure

- menloresearch/asimov
- /mechanical (BOM, etc)
- /firmware
- /simulation (URDF files, environments)
- /locomotion
- /sensors
- menloresearch/see (hw + sw) - @ron
- menloresearch/hear (hw + sw)
- menloresearch/speak (hw + sw)
- Asimov Robot should just build on Menlo See, Hear, Speak as sub-components
- menloresearch/menlo-stack
- /menlo-edge - @jasshan
- `link` => Robot Abstraction Layer
- `nucleus` => Robot Network Layer
- /menlo-app - @ishneet
- Focus on Edge first
- Be a mobile webapp first => mobile app later
- /menlo-server
- menloresearch/data-engine (enterprise licensed?)
- menloresearch/simulation-engine
- FE, BE
## Todo List

- [ ] Asimov Website
- [ ] Docs: https://asimov.menlo.ai
- [ ] Menlo Stack is documented here
- [ ] Astro (Docs Site)
- [ ] Asimov Repo
- [x] Decide Repo Structure
- [ ] Create subfolders
- [ ] Include Docs, Website
- [ ] Project Management
- [ ] Jira for now
- [ ] Team Rituals -> Handbook
- [x] Discord Channels
- [ ] Standups = 2pm SGT
- [ ] Handbook
- [ ] Hiring Plans
- [ ] Talent Pipelines
- [ ] Ordering parts