Deployment in Robots and Embedded Devices

Many Osiris services will require powerful computing resources and will, therefore, be hosted in the cloud. However, the Osiris network itself is not heavyweight, and it is perfectly doable for services on the network to be embedded in robots, IoT devices, and other low-power devices. These components would run an embedded component that provides SDK and daemon functionalities, allowing them to call other services on the network while also providing services themselves—for instance, a sensor providing a data feed, which does not require much computation. This combination of edge-embedded network nodes and cloud-based computing power opens up many possibilities in IoT and robotics—some obvious, some creative and unexpected.

This will also enable robots, such as the humanoid robots from Hanson Robotics and robots from other providers, to acquire cognitive services from cloud-based Osiris AI services in exchange for micropayments and to receive micropayments from other Osiris network participants in exchange for data. It will also enable robots to carry out small economic transactions with each other based on purely local network interactions where internet connectivity is an issue.