R&D Lab — Active

Intelligence Embodied
From Silicon to System

We research, design, and deploy intelligent systems at the convergence of artificial intelligence, embedded IoT, autonomous robotics, and physical computing. Every prototype we build ships with a research paper.

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What We Build

Four Verticals of Intelligence

Our research spans the full stack — from foundation models running on edge silicon to autonomous robotic systems operating in the physical world.

Artificial Intelligence

Vision-language-action models, flow matching, world models, and reinforcement learning for robotics. We train, fine-tune, and deploy cutting-edge models.

VLA Models World Models Flow Matching RL / GRPO

Internet of Things

ESP32-S3, edge ML inference, sensor fusion, MQTT, and micro-ROS. We put intelligence where the data is born — on-device, low-power, real-time.

ESP32-S3 Edge AI Micro-ROS Sensor Fusion

Robotics

Autonomous manipulation, visual servoing, TAMP, and foundation models for robotics. Sim-to-real transfer in MuJoCo and Isaac Sim.

TAMP MuJoCo Isaac Sim Sim-to-Real

Physical Computing

Custom PCBs, sensor modules, motor drivers, and embedded firmware. We design, fabricate, and program the hardware that AI runs on.

ESP-IDF KiCad PCB FreeRTOS CAD / STEP
Featured Research

Projects & Prototypes

Every project ships with open-source code, CAD files, schematics, and a detailed research write-up.

Active UAT-RBT-001
MCU ESP32-S3
Cores Dual Xtensa LX7
PSRAM 8MB Octal
Flash 8MB Quad
Display SSD1306 OLED
Sensors BME280 + OV2640
Motor DRV8833 x2
RTOS FreeRTOS 10
API Groq / OpenRouter
Framework ESP-IDF v6.0

ESP32-S3 Natural Language Robot

A fully autonomous robot that accepts natural language commands, processes them via cloud LLM APIs (Groq/OpenRouter), and executes motor actions in real-time. Built from the ground up with custom PCB, CAD-designed chassis, and ESP-IDF firmware.

Six FreeRTOS tasks running across dual cores with inter-task queues for sensor data, motion commands, and UI state. Micro-ROS integration for ROS2 compatibility. On-device camera with JPEG capture and base64 encoding for vision-language queries.

ESP-IDF v6.0 FreeRTOS build123d CAD KiCad PCB STL/STEP Groq API I²C Mutex WiFi MQTT
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Research UAT-AI-002
Task RoboCasa365
Architecture VLA + Flow
Simulator MuJoCo
Training RLHF / GRPO
Benchmarks MolmoSpaces
Key Finding TAMP > VLA

Vision-Language-Action Model Research

Active research program investigating the gap between end-to-end VLA models and modular symbolic TAMP approaches for robotic manipulation. Evaluating state-of-the-art architectures (TiPToP, MolmoAct2, GR00T N1.5) across semantic and distraction-heavy tasks.

Published analysis showing modular TAMP still outperforms monolithic VLA on semantic/distractor benchmarks in 2026. Investigating flow matching for trajectory generation and asynchronous reasoning for real-time robotic control.

VLA Models Flow Matching TAMP MolmoSpaces TiPToP GR00T N1 MuJoCo
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Development UAT-EDGE-003
Platform ESP32-S3
ML Framework ESP-DL / ESP-NN
Quantization INT8 GGUF
Inference On-Device
Connectivity WiFi / BLE5
Power < 1W Active

Edge AI Deployment Pipeline

Production pipeline for deploying quantized neural networks on ESP32-S3 microcontrollers. Supports ONNX → ESP-DL conversion, INT8 quantization, and real-time inference at <1W power draw.

Benchmarked inference: 8 FPS for MobileNetV2-class models, 2 FPS for lightweight transformers. Integrated with MQTT telemetry for fleet monitoring and OTA model updates via WiFi.

ESP-DL ESP-NN GGUF INT8 ONNX Runtime MQTT OTA TensorFlow Lite
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Technology Stack
ESP32-S3 Edge Compute
ESP-IDF v6 RTOS Framework
FreeRTOS Task Scheduling
PyTorch + TRL Model Training
MuJoCo Physics Simulation
KiCad + build123d PCB + CAD Design
Groq / OpenRouter LLM API Backend
Micro-ROS 2 Robot Middleware
llama.cpp GGUF Inference
Docker + CI/CD DevOps Pipeline
Who We Are

Research-Driven
Hardware Engineering

Unmol AI Technology is an independent research and development lab operating at the frontier of embodied artificial intelligence. We don't just publish papers — we build the hardware, write the firmware, train the models, and deploy the complete system.

Founded on the belief that AI research must be grounded in physical reality, our team combines expertise in deep learning, embedded systems, mechanical design, and robotics to create fully integrated intelligent systems.

Every project we undertake produces open-source artifacts: CAD models, PCB schematics, firmware source code, training datasets, and comprehensive technical documentation. Our work has been benchmarked against the best in the field — and we share our findings openly.

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2,500+ Kitchen Scenes Simulated
365 RoboCasa Tasks Benchmarked
7 FreeRTOS Tasks on ESP32
100% Open Source Artifacts
Get In Touch

Let's Build Something Real

Whether you're interested in research collaboration, custom hardware design, or deploying AI on the edge — we'd love to hear from you.

Contact Information

@unmolai
Research Inquiries

We are actively seeking collaboration on VLA architectures, edge AI deployment, and sim-to-real transfer. If you have a research problem that needs both hardware and ML expertise, reach out.

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