Robotics engineer challenges coding agent hype: 'They can't do visuomotor control'
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-17
After zackoverflow argued coding agents beat most engineers, robotics engineer ChombaBupe countered: let Claude/Codex/Copilot/Gemini design reliable real-world visuomotor control systems and pit them against his — 'they wouldn't stand a chance.'
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