autonomous-circuit (autonomous-ai)PLMConfidence: Medium

A robot project lead pushed a 599 MB export to a public repo, including a 158 MB STEP, 64 MB of firmware .elf and .map files, and 43 MB of datasheets, and running the generators from sources alone failed because the case build needs a hash-pinned board.step from an undocumented chain of about 30 board scripts.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Product Manager

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

autonomous-ai/autonomous-circuit PR #62: docs(kicad): publish sources only, one build.sh, prove it from a clean clone

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 27-28 2026 (Oct 27 8:41 AM ET through Oct 28 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-28: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.