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Technical
Apr 18, 2026
5 min

Why We Obsess Over 14ms Latency (And Why You Should Too)

Yash Ghodele

Yash Ghodele

Technical Lead @ Ugam Studio

Humans perceive latency in tiers. Under 100ms feels instantaneous. Over 500ms feels like lag. In industrial environments, that delay is more than frustrating—it's dangerous.

At 200 RPM spindle speed, a 500ms delay means the machine has rotated 1.6 times before the operator even sees an alarm. We optimize for 14ms to ensure safety and precision.

The Edge Advantage

By moving logic from the cloud to the edge (microcontrollers), we eliminate the round-trip delay and achieve sub-millisecond decision times.

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