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A maker wired Claude to a 3D-printed lockpicking robot

Dr. Kun Daniel built a 3D-printed lockpicking robot that sends load-cell force feedback over Wi-Fi to Claude, which guides the picking while an ESP32-C3 Mini runs the machine locally, according to his DIY AI Lockpicking Robot video. Daniel wrote the custom code himself and has spent more than 200 hours on the project, which he says shows a general-purpose AI model moving from giving instructions to guiding a physical process through sensors and motors.

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A maker wired Claude to a 3D-printed lockpicking robot
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Dr. Kun Daniel says the ESP32-C3 machine uses load-cell feedback and Claude over Wi-Fi to guide picking, after more than 200 hours of work.

        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)
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Primary source: [www.youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4AUKGdScNI)

Why it matters #

The project shows a general-purpose AI model moving from giving instructions to guiding a physical process through sensors and motors. Daniel says Claude analyzes force feedback over Wi-Fi while an ESP32-C3 Mini runs the machine locally.

Dr. Kun Daniel built a 3D-printed lockpicking robot that sends force feedback to Claude and uses the model's guidance to work on a lock, according to his DIY AI Lockpicking Robot video. The video description says Daniel wrote the custom code himself and has spent more than 200 hours on the project.

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