Architecture · Jul 2026
What Changes When a Robot's Brain Lives in the Cloud?
External AI and inference services can change a robot's physical behaviour without a conventional firmware update.
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Notes on identity infrastructure
Writing about persistent identity, evidence-backed records, and the operational life of robots.
Architecture · Jul 2026
The Faster Robot Makers Iterate, the More Identity Continuity Matters
Rapid changes in hardware, software, AI, and components make configuration baselines and durable history indispensable.
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The Robot Serial Number Is No Longer Enough
Why a manufacturer serial number cannot explain a robot's changing software, responsibility, deployment, and maintenance history.
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A Robot That Moves Is Not Necessarily a Robot That Operates Autonomously
Why a credible autonomy claim must identify the task, configuration, control mode, environment, and evidence behind it.
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Eleven identities, one robot
Why serials, cloud device IDs, and fleet keys never converge on their own.
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Append-only isn't optional
What it takes to store facts you can still trust in twenty years.
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Bitemporal history, in plain terms
Two clocks, why you need both, and how they change what dashboards can answer.
The tombstone pattern for retired robots
Retiring an identifier is a lifecycle event—not a delete.
Resolution isn't matching. It's judgment.
Contested facts belong with humans.
Why we chose UUIDv7 over ULIDs
Time ordering, sorting, and standards you can point auditors at.