Launches, releases, funding and papers about agents doing hardware work.
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8 d ago
CNX Software reported on 21 October that Espressif sells ESP-Mosaico, a modular ESP32-S31 kit with a square touchscreen, for $59 on its own store. Espressif's Vibe Coding guide has a coding agent such as Codex build apps from the esp-mosaico-vibe workspace and install them over USB. An on-board agent, ESP-Claw, answers chat requests.
15 d ago
Artificial Analysis launched AA-Robotics v0.1, a benchmark in which language models in coding-agent harnesses control a Hiwonder NexArm robot arm. Models in Codex, Claude Code and Antigravity write code for 8 zero-shot tabletop tasks, watching through 4 cameras. GPT-6 Astra led with 69.4 and Claude Opus 5.5 scored 48.8. Models took about 30 minutes a task; people averaged 20 seconds.
22 d ago
Silicon Labs opened a public beta of its Simplicity AI SDK on 22 September, connecting AI coding assistants to its SDKs, tools and hardware. RFID Journal reports that GitHub Copilot and Codex are validated and that support starts with Bluetooth LE. A Hardware Intent Agent that drafts projects from board schematics is due in alpha in January 2027.
2 mo ago
Flux added a public MCP server to its PCB design tool in its summer update. External agents such as Claude, Cursor and Codex can query a board's live context and drive design changes. The post gives firmware headers generated from actual pin assignments and net names as one use. The update also adds a lower-cost chat mode.
