Pulse-1 is my take on what a humanoid AI should be — not just functional, but truly intelligent, emotionally aware, and accessible.

Inspired by Tesla’s Optimus, I decided to create something that goes beyond mechanical automation. Pulse-1 is being developed to be:

• Emotionally capable — built to understand, respond to, and learn from human emotions

• More generalized — able to adapt across tasks and situations, not limited to narrow use cases

• Cost-effective — because humanoid AI shouldn't be a luxury product for the few

While most humanoids focus on movement, Pulse-1 focuses on connection. It's designed to feel natural, learn continuously, and evolve with its environment.

The image beside is a conceptual visualization. Final design may differ as the technology progresses.

This project is still in development — but Pulse-1 is more than a robot. It’s a vision of intelligence with a human pulse.

"Pulse-1 isn’t just a machine — it’s our first attempt at giving emotion a body." -Ian

Pulse-Lite is a compact, bipedal robot I created to test and refine the core software behind Pulse-1 — without diving straight into full humanoid complexity.

It didn’t need a face. It needed intelligence, balance, and the ability to respond to the world around it.

Pulse-Lite helped me prototype:

• Emotional logic frameworks

• Real-time movement and motor control

• Core AI behavioral responses

It’s lean, agile, and designed to fail fast — so Pulse-1 could succeed boldly.

The image beside was used for early design inspiration. The actual design of Pulse-Lite is shown above.

Two legs. Infinite lessons. Pulse-Lite is where Anthromorph’s journey truly began.

Pulse-Lite