You Don't Know Embodied AI: From a Tiny Robot Dog to Optimus
【2026-06-07】In April, I built a small robot dog with an STM32, ASRPRO, ESP32-C3, servos, and 3D-printed parts. Once it could hear a command, walk a few steps, and call a cloud model, embodied AI stopped being a broad idea for me. It became serial ports, PWM, space, motion, control frequency, actuators, failed samples, and manufacturing constraints.