Founder @ Narsil | Building robots for a better future | @lifeatpurdue alum

Joined December 2024
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no one is doing 3d printed tires like we are.
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Jun 13
guiding principle from day one
Every time I interact with my @maticrobots’ (really, really good) software I’m reminded of the old adage “people who are serious about software make their own hardware.” The software is so good, but that’s likely thanks in no small part to tight integration with the hardware.
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el segundo i am inside you
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took this on a united flight. give spacex whatever they want.
*SPACEX TARGETS SALE OF 555.6M SHRS AT $135 EACH IN IPO: REUTERS
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May 29
i will never forgive zoom for taking away my ability to pace back and forth during a call
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The video stream of the Flyby F-11 with Silvus mesh radio and FLIR Boson optics out in Malibu just look like pure art
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May 24
“you should prototype with the technology you'll eventually need for production” good read, connor is doing incredible work
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May 22
x.com/SpaceX/status/20579525… that starship LAUNCHED

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3D printed tires Pure 3D-printed lattice magic in TPU that flexes, absorbs insane weight, and keeps rolling. No air or suspension needed. @robotsailor is building next-level robot wheels… fully custom, printed fast on Bambu Lab printers. If you don’t follow him… you are missing out big time: He is building robots and shares it on X! —— Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free: 22astronauts.com
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May 20
i’ve spent the past 2 weeks designing my last robot (for now), hence the silence on here. after just ~6 months since the first prototype, both the hardware and software are finally in a place that i feel are ready to be deployed into the real world. once this new robot is complete, i’ll be dedicating all my time on site with partners and customers to learn about the problems they face and how we can shape our robots to solve them. if you own or operate a warehouse, i’d love to chat. looking forward to sharing more of that robot here soon. i’ve replaced the 3d printed design for an entire aluminum build (looking at you @sendcutsend).
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a year ago today i was taken into hospital care for 5 days, after a minor surgery went wrong causing pulmonary edema. on days like this im grateful to be alive, but especially grateful to have spent everyday since working on things i love. i also befriended an 80 year old man who had narrowly survived a heart attack. his wisdom and reflections on life have probably shaped my life more than any other person i know.
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Robots, data centers, autonomous vehicles/aircrafts, drones, etc. will be everywhere in the next decade. We HAVE to design them all beautifully or the future won’t be beautiful.
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the robots that started my love for sci fi and hardware. we will get there soon. may the fourth be with you.
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Apr 27
lessons were learned
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Apr 26
it's extremely refreshing to see, and a testament to their success, how much skydio focuses on the user experience to make drone operating as intuitive and accessible as possible. the best onboarding process will be no onboarding process
BREAKING: Skydio Commits $3.5 Billion to Expand U.S. Manufacturing & Secure American Drone Leadership Welcome to Dronesville, U.S.A. FULL HQ TOUR with Skydio CEO @adampbry On the @SkydioHQ tour: - Rooftop dock array (drones as cloud infrastructure) - DFR Command, flown live - The "wind wall" stress-testing hardware 24/7 - R10, the new indoor tactical drone - F10, a fixed-wing thrown & caught by a robotic arm - X10 water rescue demo with auto-inflating rest tube 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 (00:00) A flight every 30 seconds (00:57) Rooftop docks (03:26) Tour roadmap (04:42) Adam's RC airplane origin story (06:10) Flying a dock drone, live (10:04) The "force multiplier" moment (12:16) Multi-drone operations (14:17) Unarmed sensor platforms & the China context (15:29) Why community acceptance surprised Adam (19:31) The wind wall (20:40) R10, built for indoor tactical (23:30) Flying R10 through a barricaded-suspect scenario (27:30) Reading oil & gas gauges with a drone (29:26) F10, the fixed-wing caught by a robotic arm (30:40) X10 water rescue demo
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Apr 25
on saturday we bake sourdough
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Apr 25
finished installing starlink on my parent’s roof today. extremely straightforward to set up. what stands out is the speed, even in a suburban neighborhood where everyone said it was a bad idea. beats our old network by 150-200mbps at any given time throughout the day.
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Apr 24
autonomy in robotics is vastly overrated, especially in industrial environments. i've seen much more success using teleop, prioritizing distribution, and demonstrating your robot can do what you say it will to the customer. the alternative is becoming a research lab.
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Apr 23
everytime i pop the lid on the robot i get really happy seeing how clean everything is inside
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"Dude, the customer could not care less." Thiel Fellow @victorwboyd, who's building autonomous forklifts with the ultimate goal of being able to get anything anywhere in under 5 hours, says "teleoperation" has become a dirty word for no good reason. "[Teleoperation] is extremely valuable... customers don't care, guys. The customers don't care if you're fully autonomous. Customers care if the work is done." "If you're over here stressing, 'Oh, dude, we're only 10% autonomous,' but you're getting the job done every single time, and you're profitable — obviously keep going for more autonomy. Push those margins. But, dude, the customer could not care less."
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