Robots fold laundry and write code, but camera calibration still takes hours
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-24
A relatable robotics lament: in 2026 robots can fold laundry and write their own code, yet calibrating a camera to 1mm precision still takes the author 1-3 hours. Rex Douglass calls it humbling—a stark gap between embodied AI's frontier capabilities and the mundane grind of real-world engineering.
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