MEMORY AT THE EDGE: NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CHALLENGES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR HUMANOID ROBOTS

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Humanoid robots need different memory architectures for centralized AI compute and distributed joint control. Flash and EEPROM can delay writes by 5-10 milliseconds, which risks lost position data during power failures. The article maps F-RAM to continuous telemetry, safety-capable NOR Flash to boot storage, and high-speed NOR Flash to time-sensitive networking.