Builder spends a week at Founders Inc making a universal end effector for produce automation
IsaiahBallah · x · 2026-09-22
Developer @nikhils1nha shares his week building at Founders Inc's Fort Mason campus: after attending the silly robots open campus day, he got a guest pass and started working on a universal end effector for produce automation, inspired by the local agtech scene. His main takeaway is how much a builder community accelerates and energizes real work — "building has never felt more fun, or faster" — and he hopes to find a similar community at UCLA.
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