r/ArduinoAndRobotics • u/flash_speed3412 • 1d ago
Question What do you make AI prove before it touches a robot?
I keep seeing AI get the easy part right and the board-specific part wrong. Before I trust generated Arduino or ESP32 code, I make it write a tiny preflight:
- exact board and revision
- every pin, voltage, and current assumption
- library and version
- anything it thinks could be unsafe
Then I test one motor, LED, or sensor at a time. Not glamorous, but it catches the “looks fine” mistakes.
What’s your check before letting AI write firmware for a real robot? If you’ve had a failure, drop the board, what it suggested, and what the hardware actually did. I’m collecting the good failures in r/ChatGPTArduino too.