A robot PCB built by AI agents asks humans is this board safe to order before paying. Thirteen part rotations in the JLCPCB placement file were wrong from v0.9 on and were caught only by opening each part in JLC's viewer, and older placement files in the repo still have them. Four AI reviews went through earlier versions and none has seen the final v0.11. The author also asks whether a 75 V Vishay IHLP-4040 is fine on pads drawn for a Sunlord MWSA1004S, and whether the LM5146 current limit suits an 8 A load.
Recurring agent failure issue in logans-first-robot-pcb (jloganolson)
What engineers report
A recurring agent failure problem in logans-first-robot-pcb (jloganolson) that mostly hits the electrical engineer.
Failure pattern: agent / failure
Analyst note
From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 10-11 2026 (Nov 10 8:41 AM ET through Nov 11 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-11: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.
What it costs a team
Modeled annual cost
$30,000
For a team of 5
Prototype delay
3 days
Modeled schedule slip per occurrence
Time lost
240 min
Per engineer per month, about 1 incidents
How the cost is modeled
240 min/month × 5 engineers × 12 months = 240 hours × $125/hour = $30,000
A modeled estimate with medium confidence. Swap in your own team size and loaded rate to size it for your team.
Engineering tools that address it
No engineering tool profile lists this error yet. Browse tools that connect to logans-first-robot-pcb (jloganolson).
Evidence
Sourced from public community reports. Costs and delays are modeled estimates, not measurements. Know a better source or a fix? Tell us at hello@productflo.io.