From Boot Failure to Success — AI-Assisted Hardware Debugging

Back to Part 1 — Reachy Mini Arrives in Aotearoa Sometimes a robot just refuses to cooperate. After spending seven months waiting for my Reachy Mini to arrive, I assembled it with care — and then watched it refuse to boot. Power LED: green. ACT LED: one sad blink, then nothing. No WiFi hotspot. USB-C ignored. The motors twitched promisingly, but that was it. My little desk robot was alive enough to taunt me, but too broken to respond. ...

February 19, 2026 · 4 min