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@hktsre claims the way to develop a 'universal virtual motor cortex' is with the…

2026-08-04 · 16:38 UTC ·@hktsre ·1 min read

Brief

hktsre and Pantograph are promoting small, durable robots as the path to scalable embodied AI: hktsre says tiny, 'cute' robots are needed to build a 'universal virtual motor cortex' and claims they're building thousands (showcasing 'Clover'). Pantograph says it aimed for 10 million hours of on-embodiment data, built 'Pandroid'—a small, fleetable robot that connects to models/agents over SSH—and opened a waitlist.

Why it matters

@hktsre claims the way to develop a 'universal virtual motor cortex' is with the smallest, cutest, most durable robots and says 'we're building thousands'—they showcased a unit named 'Clover'.

Key details

  • Pantograph (@pantographPBC) aimed to collect 10 million hours (10M) of on-embodiment data, couldn't find an affordable reliable robot, and therefore built 'Pandroid': a small, durable, fleetable hardware platform that connects to any model or coding agent over SSH; they opened a waitlist.
Source evidence

you actually want the smallest cutest most durable robots possible to develop the universal virtual motor cortex. we're building thousands of these guys to scale our models

This one is Clover, say hi!

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Pantograph (@pantographPBC)

We set out to collect 10M hours of on-embodiment data as a starting point for robotics models, but couldn’t find a robot reliable enough at a price that made it possible. So, we built one.

Meet Pandroid: an accessible hardware platform for AI. Small enough to safely experiment with, durable enough to run in fleets. Connect it to any model or coding agent over SSH to let it interact with the world.

Join the waitlist:

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— https://nitter.net/pantographPBC/status/2084678780128510113#m