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$MICRO has already generated around $600 in creator fees, which is a lot more than i expected this early on.
with that budget i can now do a few things i'd originally planned for much further down the line.
first is upgrading Spider with better sensors, cameras and hardware to improve how it moves and interacts with its surroundings.
i can also start building a second Microspider running a completely different AI model, so we can begin comparing how they behave and interact with each other.
i'm also looking at ordering a Microduck to experiment with its open-source robotics software, particularly the movement and reinforcement learning side of things.
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one thing i want to experiment with is how much Microspider can learn about its surroundings.
rather than controlling every movement, i'd like it to recognise objects, remember locations and decide where to explore on its own.
my plan for Microspider is to keep everything NVIDIA-powered.
i'm using NVIDIA's Nemotron Mini 4B model, running locally on a Jetson.
the idea is to handle reasoning and decision-making on-device, with cameras and sensors helping Microspider understand and navigate
just realised Microduck's software is completely open source.
might be worth looking into for Microspider, especially the movement and reinforcement learning side of things.
a little look at Spiders hardware setup
the NVIDIA Jetson Orin and Raspberry Pi 5 communicate over ethernet, with the Jetson handling the heavier AI processing.
currently working on live object recognition, where the Jetson identifies objects and sends that information to pi
the current Microspider runs on an NVIDIA model.
with fees from $MICRO, i want to build more, each running different models with their own personalities.
for the next one i'm thinking of trying this neuron steering experiment on Qwen 3.5 4B.
Each spider = different model