A 1-inch robot roach that crawls into pipes and smells rust
Scobleizer · x · 2026-10-28
Scoble met a developer at a physical AI panel who built a 1-inch robot roach that crawls into tight spaces like airplane wings and pipes and smells how bad the rust is inside. Post ends with a sunset photo from Half Moon Bay after the conference.
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