Developer builds visual SLAM + MPC drone control in one day with OpenAI's Astra
bookwormengr · x · 2026-09-07
A quoted post shows a developer building drone control using visual SLAM (stereo cameras) and MPC in just one day with Astra, calling it impressively smart. The poster argues Astra will do to hardware what Claude Code did to software, sparking a manufacturing and builder renaissance — kudos to OpenAI and Sam Altman.
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