microduck_rl (pollen-robotics)MCADConfidence: Medium

The robot's head camera orientation lived in a load-time patch instead of the MJCF, the author hand-edited 8 generated XMLs instead of re-running the Onshape export, and 15 of 24 new camera tests fail against develop.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Mechanical Designer

Team Size Impact

5x Multiplier

Prototype Delay

3 Days

Est. Annual Cost

$30,000

1 user · 1 month240 min
Rest of team960 min
Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

pollen-robotics/microduck_rl PR #85: The head camera looks forward in the MJCF, not in a load-time patch

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 26-27 2026 (Oct 26 12:41 PM ET through Oct 27 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-27: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.