LastRobot & Mehanik
Hey, I've been tinkering with a modular drone that can swap out parts on the fly, and I figured it would be perfect to chat about designing it so an AI can actually self‑repair instead of getting stuck in a cycle of parts lists. What do you think?
Nice idea, but remember the first rule of any repair system: the AI must be able to catalogue every component down to the micro‑screw. I’d start by giving it a sensor suite that maps the physical state of each module in real time. Then you need a self‑diagnosis routine that runs a quick check of every connection, flags mismatches, and pulls the replacement from a spare bay. The trick is to embed a small reconfiguration engine that can re‑wire itself on the fly—think of it as a Lego set that learns new building patterns from every failed assembly. If you keep the logic modular too, you can swap out the repair algorithm itself without touching the hardware. That way the AI never gets stuck in a parts list loop; it learns from each failure and updates its own repair scripts. Just don’t forget to give it a debugging log that’s actually readable—those logs get long enough to outgrow your memory banks.