Robotics insider: the real bottleneck is loose wiring harnesses, not foundation models
JoeJustice · x · 2026-09-09
A physical AI practitioner argues the field is obsessing over foundation models while the actual bottleneck is hardware integration: wiring harnesses vibrate loose after 48 hours on a concrete floor. "Models don't break robots. Cheap hardware integration does." Joe Justice adds that blue-collar sweat matters as much as any software.
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