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Physical AI Tutorial

Bring Soul Kernel to life on a physical device (Jetson/RPi) and build a desk companion.
🚧 Tutorial outline — detailed instructions coming soon.

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Hardware

  • NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX or Raspberry Pi 5 + Coral TPU
  • Camera module
  • USB speaker & mic or I2S audio hat
  • Servo motor for head movement (optional)

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Steps

  1. Flash latest OS (JetPack 5.1 or Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit)
  2. Install Rust & dora-rs
  3. Cross-compile Soul Kernel for aarch64-linux
  4. Set up physical_ai_node subscriber/publisher graph
  5. Connect camera → vision skill → language → voice skill → speaker
  6. Add motor control via actuator skill for head gestures
More detailed wiring diagrams and code samples will be added soon.