Guy builds AI driven hardware hacker arm from duct tape, old cam and CNC machine

Article

• Oscilloscope probe mounted on 3-axis CNC mechanism (DIY flying probe)
• AI ingests PCB project to guide probe placement automatically
• Built from scrap hardware: webcam, duct tape, salvaged CNC

Discussion

• antirez absent; commenters split: impressed by creativity, confused by scope
• Animats notes commercial flying probes exist; questions what AI actually adds
• Havoc jokes it reads like a hire-me GitHub repo; others call it mind-blowing
• chromacity suggests splitting into two projects: PCB testing vs. LLM reverse-engineering

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