No. 026 FIELD NOTE
Physical AI · 1 min · May 13, 2026
Teleoperation Data Is the New Oil
The race in robotics is not for better motors. It is for hours of demonstrated motion.
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Physical AI
No. 018 FIELD NOTE
Physical AI · 1 min · Apr 30, 2026
Why Sim-to-Real Still Breaks
The policy works in the simulator and fails in the room. The gap is where the engineering lives.
No. 014 TEARDOWN
Physical AI · 1 min · Apr 22, 2026
The Humanoid Robot Bet
Every major lab is pouring capital into humanoid form factors. The bet is not really about robots — it is about data.
No. 013 TEARDOWN
Physical AI · 1 min · Apr 21, 2026
Dexterous Hands Are the Bottleneck
Legs got solved before hands. Manipulation, not locomotion, is what gates useful work.
No. 006 BUILD LOG
Physical AI · 1 min · Apr 2, 2026
A Week With a Home Robot
It folded laundry and lost to a doorway. Notes from seven days of living with an early unit.
No. 003 FIELD NOTE
Physical AI · 1 min · Mar 22, 2026
Warehouses Are the First Real Market
Structured, repetitive, indoors, and paid by the hour. The warehouse is where embodiment ships first.
