Blog explains how SO-100 robot arms are controlled, written for ML practitioners
KyleMorgenstein · x · 2026-09-20
- Jacob Rothschild published a blog post, How robot arms are controlled, aimed at ML practitioners entering robot learning, explaining how an SO-100 robot arm is controlled to help them get past the hurdle of directly controlling hardware.
- It is the first in a series of explainers from his own speedrun, with a follow-up on ACT (Action Chunking with Transformers) promised next.
- Control researcher JieWangZJUI, who reshared it, said he's "tired of teaching ML folks control theory" and sees the blog as filling that knowledge gap.
Related event: ML Practitioners Get a Hands-On Intro to Robot Arm Control(3 posts)→
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