I recently wrote a blog post to outline a modular framework I am creating to accelerate development of compute hardware and lower product risk and cost at low/mid range volume. Happy to answer any questions here.
I have been frustrated that hardware devices are either (a) designed solely for consumers with polished intuitive UX but are not open source, hackable, developer friendly or (b) they are open source, hackable, but lack polished UX, and/or build quality that can appeal to less technic savvy audience.
Also, the software running on open source hardware devices is often an afterthought and there are very few devices that have hardware and software co-designed and tightly integrated to work together seamlessly and be developer friendly.
This drove me to design Ubo Pod that closes the gap between a developer-friendly platform and a polished product ready for end-user deployment.
Ubo creates a multi-modal user experience by bringing together voice, vision, and declarative GUI (embedded and WebUI). It supports over 50 cloud AI service providers (bring your API keys) as well as on-device/on-premise model hosting options.
The work behind Ubo Pod is the culmination of my decade long experience designing and building hardware products from initial concept to mass production. I am proud of the work me and my teammates have put into designing polished hardware and sub-modules, sophisticated software stack, agile manufacturing, global supply chain, automated test/QA.
I hope the open source hardware and software design can serve as a blueprint and inspiration for a new class of open devices that can tailor to both everyday consumers and professional developers.