AI taught itself to control a robot arm and paint the Golden Gate Bridge
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-09-09
Someone gave an AI agent (Astra) a robot, a paintbrush, and a camera, and had it paint the Golden Gate Bridge in the real world. The model taught itself to control the robot and improved with each attempt.
Per the follow-up: it plans 1 minute of motion ahead, monitors execution in the background, adjusts on the fly, accepts feedback after each run, updates its own instructions, and independently developed a calibration method to fix errors. The timelapse is striking.
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