Agents In UseCompiling code is only part of a hardware task. These accounts show camera feedback, device documentation, physical inspection and household rules entering the loop. They also describe limits, including a forceful robot mistake and unreported firmware review steps.
Three blocks reached the taped target, but an early attempt nearly loosened the mounting clamp. Better visual markers and human hardware changes mattered.
Claude Code used camera feedback to place three blocks in a taped target after calibration stalled; Rob Bercik supplied hardware changes and inspection.
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Claudevia Claude Code Fable 5.1; Codex prepared the robot stackThree camera views helped estimate a brush offset. The owner retained a hardware emergency stop; camera-measured movement is not certified absolute accuracy.
reddit.comCodex inferred a robot brush-tip offset from three uncalibrated camera views, checked new wrist angles, and operated within the maker’s motion safeguards.
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Codexvia GPT-6 AstraThe owner directed an HDMI-CEC firmware repair from a phone. The account reports testing and an over-the-air upload without detailing a separate review gate.
news.ycombinator.comA hobbyist used Codex to diagnose incompatible HDMI-CEC controller firmware, rewrite and test it, and upload it over the air through an ESPHome-connected setup.
PublishedCodexESP32 illumination and camera SDK documentation supported a larger microscope rewrite. The developer still tested the stack and found nonideal implementation choices.
news.ycombinator.comGemini Pro 3 generated illumination and camera drivers before rewriting a Python Qt microscope stack; the developer guided the work and tested the replacement.
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GeminiUnavailable Hue entities explained the broken rule. Day/night behaviour and weekend nap exclusions made the replacement fit the household.
dan-malone.comMalone reports OpenClaw identifying unavailable Hue entities, replacing a broken motion-light automation, adding nap exclusions and updating his dashboard.
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OpenClawA protocol PDF supplied the register details. The human architect designed watchdogs and failure behaviour for unreliable network links.
linkedin.comBilsland reports using Cursor agents to implement a Rust serial-to-MQTT bridge, with human-designed networking, failure handling and a React control interface.
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