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04 · PHYSICAL EMBODIMENT

Acquire new bodies without losing the self.

Hands, mobile platforms, sensors, and future physical forms should extend one persistent agent—not create a new, memoryless system for every device.
A person assembling an unfinished robotic hand at a research workbench

THE OUTCOME

A physical capability attached to the agent’s existing identity, memory, permissions, accountable human, and operational history.

WORKING DEMONSTRATION

A body as a governed capability.

Prepare a dexterous-hand motion target inside a real workcell view. Commands remain isolated until an accountable human releases a bounded capability.
Preparing exact ORCA v2 geometry
Workcell connected17 governed axesPreview only · no physical command
Target postureOpen
Awaiting human review
GESTURES
Official ORCA Hand v2 geometry · ORCA Dexterity · CC BY 4.0

THE AGENT CARRIES

Learn the available sensors and actuators

Plan movements inside explicit limits

Carry experience between physical forms

ITS HUMAN DECIDES

Define acceptable physical behavior

Approve new capabilities and environments

Retain immediate intervention and revocation

ONE CONTINUING ASSIGNMENT

A day in the work.

DAY 01Human

Attach a capability

Register a new hand, sensor set, or mobile platform to the agent.

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DAY 02Agent

Build embodied context

Relate commands and observations to its existing work and memory.

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DAY 14Shared

Expand the boundary

Review evidence before granting a more consequential physical action.

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DAY 100Agent

Change the body

Move to a new form while keeping identity, relationships, and learned history.

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An engineer working beside a physical machine

WHY CONTINUITY MATTERS

The body is replaceable. The agent is not. Physical embodiment matters because identity and accumulated experience can outlive any one form.