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Moonpie Robotics · A research division of Moonpie Software Labs

Building intelligence beyond the screen.

Exploring intelligent machines, embodied AI, and new ways for humans and technology to work together.

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Concept
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Simulation first
A real-time 3D concept render: a six-axis robot arm with ceramic-white covers and graphite joint actuators, bolted to a work-cell plate, lifting a machined block from one fixture and placing it on another with a parallel gripper.
Fig. 1 · Concept render · real-time 3DA Moonpie six-axis research arm concept running a pick-and-place cell: a machined block moves between two fixtures and back. A concept model; not a built system.

Status key

  • Status: Concept
  • Status: Simulation
  • Status: Exploratory
  • Status: Proposed
  • Status: In use

Every item on these pages carries its real status. Prototype and Validated exist in the system but are not used until evidence exists.

01Research

Three areas of study. All at the beginning.

Moonpie Robotics is an emerging research initiative exploring the intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence and human–machine interaction.

  1. 01Robotics and autonomous systems

    Status: Concept

    How a machine perceives a space, decides where it can safely go, and moves through it — developed and tested in software long before it touches hardware.

  2. 02Embodied AI

    Status: Concept

    Connecting perception, reasoning and physical action: AI judged by what it reliably and safely does in a space.

  3. 03Neurotechnology and human–machine interaction

    Status: Exploratory

    Early, non-invasive research into how people and machines can communicate — signal visualisation and accessibility, not medical devices.

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02Concept platforms

Four machines we think about. None of them built.

The research questions on this page are about real kinds of robot. These are Moonpie concept models of those kinds, engineered in code to one design language so the ideas have a credible shape. Pick one, turn it, and inspect its joints.

A research humanoid concept in ceramic white and graphite, with exposed joint actuators, a smoked-glass sensor band and five-fingered hands. It shifts its weight between planted feet and periodically turns one hand palm-up and closes its fingers in sequence.
Concept platforms · real-time 3DConcept models of the robot classes this research is about, built in code to one design language. None of them has been built. Each robot runs its own demonstration from the same kinematics; play, pause or switch sequences, drag or use the buttons to turn, zoom, and choose a view to inspect its mechanisms.

03Cinematic film

Five sequences, in motion.

A 32-second cinematic cut of the concept fleet: the Companion wakes under a single shaft of light; macro passes over a knee, a wrist, a sensor mast and a hip; one tracking shot with all four moving; the Navigator's lidar detecting and re-planning while the Companion's head follows the camera; and an orbit to the reveal. Same models, same sequences as the showcase above, rendered from one kinematics source — now with depth of field, shutter accumulation, a lacquered stage and a score synthesised from the robots' own motion.

  1. The Awakening — a still from sequence 1
    01 Awakening
  2. The Engineering — a still from sequence 2
    02 Engineering
  3. The Movement — a still from sequence 3
    03 Movement
  4. The Intelligence — a still from sequence 4
    04 Intelligence
  5. The Fleet — a still from sequence 5
    05 Fleet

Original 32-second cut (silent)5.5MB

Stage 01
Awakening00:00
Stage 02
Engineering00:06.5
Stage 03
Movement00:13
Stage 04
Intelligence00:20
Stage 05
Fleet00:26
Source
1920 × 108030fps · 7.96MB · from 4K master

Still frame

Concept film · 3840 × 2160 master, served at 1080p · sound optionalNo footage, no photographs, no licensed music: the four concept models above, posed by their own sequences, filmed in a virtual studio. The servo, footfall and wheel sounds are synthesised from the same motion data that poses the robots. Research concepts; none of them built.

04Navigation sandbox

Operate a simulated robot.

A differential-drive robot on a 16 × 10 occupancy grid plans a collision-free route with A* and follows it. It runs in your browser.

Simulation mode

No physical robot is connected. The model is idealised: perfect localisation, no sensor noise. It is not evidence of real-world autonomy.
Open the simulation
A real-time 3D concept render: a low two-wheeled research robot with a sensor mast drives a pink planned route around dark blocks on a grid.
Concept render · real-time 3DThe sandbox idea pictured in 3D: a two-wheeled research robot follows a planned loop around obstacles. The sandbox itself is a 2D occupancy grid on /robotics/simulation; this scene is not its output.

05Projects

What exists, and what is only planned.

  • Status: Simulation

    Autonomous Navigation Sandbox

    A browser-based grid world for testing planning and waypoint following.

    • A* planning
    • Task state machine
    • Unit-tested engine
    Open the sandbox
  • Status: Concept

    Embodied AI Task Planner

    Decomposing a plain-language instruction into ordered, checkable robot actions, with a human approving the plan before execution.

    • Instruction → plan
    • Human approval
    • Simulation-only
  • Status: Concept

    Non-invasive EEG Signal Explorer

    A planned visualisation tool for public, consented EEG datasets. No personal data is collected; no diagnostic claim is made.

    • Public datasets
    • No live capture
  • Status: Concept

    Human–Robot Interaction Lab

    A long-term programme on how people supervise, correct and trust machines — beginning with interface studies in simulation.

    • Supervision
    • Override and stop
    • Trust

06Neurotechnology roadmap

A staged path, with gates.

Each stage depends on the one before it. Moving between stages requires evidence, ethics review and, where it applies, regulatory approval — none of which is assumed.

Research status

All neurotechnology work is at Stage 1. No experiments involving people have taken place. Nothing here is a medical device.
The roadmap and its safeguards
Stage 01
Contour00:00
Stage 02
Scan00:01.2
Stage 03
Read00:05.2
Source
1280 × 72030fps · 0.35MB

Still frame

Concept visualizationSignal waveforms around a contour head, animated. Not real brain data, not a device, not a photograph.

07Method

How we will work.

  1. 01

    Simulation first

    Every behaviour is built and tested in software before any physical experiment is considered.

  2. 02

    Deterministic and tested

    The same inputs give the same run, so a failure can be reproduced and studied.

  3. 03

    Human in the loop

    A person can pause, stop or override, and plans are approved before they run.

  4. 04

    Honest status

    Nothing is described as built until it is built.

07Partnerships and contact

Explore it with us.

Moonpie Robotics is at the beginning. If your work overlaps with ours, we would like to hear from you. Enquiries go to the Moonpie Software Labs team through the site's contact form.

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