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Four new hardware detectors and an expanded I2C lookup table land in OpenCastor v2026.3.12.0 — Dynamixel U2D2, RPLidar/YDLIDAR, Raspberry Pi AI Camera, LeRobot SO-ARM101, plus five new I2C sensor types.
castor scan now auto-detects 12+ hardware types. Plus native support for SO-ARM101, Koch arm, ALOHA, and Pollen Robotics Reachy.
Two major additions ship today: an EmbeddingInterpreter that gives robots semantic memory using local CLIP embeddings, and first-class support for HLaboratories' ACB v2.0 BLDC motor controller.
A detailed breakdown of the parts, Bill of Materials, and grey areas we discovered while building a 6-foot-reach mobile manipulation robot with dual arms, V-slot mast, and EcoFlow power system.
A progress report on CrowdTalkie's evolution—from new mesh hardware guides to P2P networking fixes, CI/CD infrastructure, and a direction toward hardware-enhanced resilience.