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# 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

![image](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BkEfPTf5le.png)

- 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