Observed arrival · 2026-09-21
WALL-E Is Real
An open build log for a tracked robot whose learned motor policy handles movement while an LLM supplies slower, higher-level intent.
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- Robotics builders studying learned control architectures
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- The onboard reflex loop is described as running around 50 Hz on a Raspberry Pi 5 without network access.
Field notes
The project separates physical control from deliberative planning: a small network learns how motor commands affect an unmeasured tracked body, while the language model handles slower questions such as where attention should go. The published specification names twin tracked drive, a Raspberry Pi 5, 360-degree LiDAR, an RGB camera, and operation without a network connection. Its parts list and status are explicitly treated as work in progress.
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