Astra spent 2 days failing to drive a robot arm that could not lift a sock

Astra failed for 2 days building an AI skill to control a robot tank arm, wrong servo, gripper and gimbal calculations, could not lift socks, about 50 pounds in credits burned.

£50at stake

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How it works

Astra builds a skill to control the robot tank arm for 2 days
Gets the servo, gripper and gimbal maths wrong
The arm cannot lift socks
About 50 pounds of credits burn

Why it’s worth knowing

A sock was the load test, and it was too much.

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Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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