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Why Physical AI Needs a Data-Oriented Architecture
Physical AI is often framed as a model lifecycle: train in the cloud, deploy to the edge, then improve the model over time. That framing misses the...
2026
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Data at the Edge vs. Data in the Cloud: The Choice Between DDS and Kafka
If you’re like me, you’ve spent many late nights debating the best way to move data around a distributed system. Whether you're building a fleet of...
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Beyond gRPC: The Data Distribution Challenge in Physical AI Systems
In the course of supporting modern autonomous vehicles, robotic fleets, and mission-critical defense platforms, today’s Physical AI systems generate...
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The Physical AI Data Flywheel: Why Data Architecture Is the New Differentiator
Most companies today have an AI strategy built on strong ambition, but a data strategy built on wishful thinking.
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Western OEMs and Tier-1s are Failing the SDV Test
Why does that matter? What can we do about it? The Future is Software Defined The Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) is not an optional future; it is a...
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The Dawn of Physical Data Streaming
The smart-planet promise is everywhere these days: Robotaxi fleets. Digital ORs. Golden Dome. Smart farms. Dark factories. These integrated systems...
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From Requirements to Relevance: Why Defense Acquisition Is Shifting Toward Field-Ready Solutions
For decades, defense acquisition followed a long, structured pattern. Requirements were gathered across stakeholders, programs expanded as more...
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What Ukraine’s Ground Robots Teach Us About the Real Challenge of Autonomy
Robotic systems in Ukraine are exposing a coordination problem. Individual platforms can operate effectively in narrow roles, but coordinating large...
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Designing Golden Dome for Continuous Evolution
Golden Dome will not succeed or fail based on any single interceptor, radar, or algorithm. It will succeed or fail based on whether its architecture...
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The Tao of Data Distribution: Transcending RPC
The Case for Connext: Achieving Enlightenment through DDS TheData Distribution Service (DDS®) standard embodies real-time communication based on the...