ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE
Lifecycle Dashboard
Understand the footprint of intelligence. Design a more sustainable robot.
Synthetic research demonstrator — not ABB or SimaPro results.Annual assessment · 4,000 operating hours
Active scenario
100 robots / 7B model
Carbon footprint
8.65 t CO₂eLifecycle greenhouse gas emissions
Energy demand
18.45 MWhOperational + embodied energy
Water consumption
39.3 m³Operational + embodied water
Impact per robot-task
0.018 g CO₂e480 million robot-tasks / year
Where impact happens
Lifecycle contribution · kg CO₂e
TOTAL FOOTPRINT8.65t CO₂e / year
Data preparation0.1%
Model training1.2%
Hardware manufacturing70.7%
Storage & transfer2.9%
Sensing10.4%
AI inference11.6%
Cooling2.3%
End-of-life0.8%
Deployment comparison
Same fleet. Four ways to deploy intelligence.
Shared Foundation Model has the lowest carbon footprint under these assumptions.
RESEARCH INSIGHT
Hardware manufacturing is your largest hotspot.
It contributes 70.7% of modeled emissions. Test renewable electricity and longer hardware lifetimes to see what changes.