AI coding agents build computer vision apps on real-world Jetson Orin NX hardware
chrismatthieu · x · 2026-10-06
Jim from Jetsonhacks tested how far an AI coding agent can go building computer vision applications on an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX (Connect Tech Boson carrier) with a RealSense depth camera.
- The point: agents are moving from writing data-processing software to systems that see the real world, understand depth and spatial info, and connect perception to robot actions
- Plenty of human intervention still required, but the trajectory — tell an agent what you want a robot or vision system to do, and it builds, tests, and iterates the perception stack on actual edge hardware — is striking
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