KOL Rant: 99.9% of Robotics Projects Are Just Slop
yacineMTB · x · 2026-08-13
A prominent AI KOL retweeted sharp community criticism of the current robotics industry.
The view suggests that 99.9% of so-called "robotics" projects today are meaningless "slop," with only 0.1% doing the real heavy lifting. Many refuse to put in the hard work but brag about "robotics" using tiny RC servos.
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