Zima arm validation

Goal: Test zima arm ability to pick up various objects, + clean up internal wiring

What I did:
- watched a recent robotic learning phd defence from CMU
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• Tested teleoperating zima's arm for simple manipulation task (pick up rubiks cube)
• Cleaned up internal wiring
• Decided i will be working towards turning zima into a technical writeup for arxiv preprint
• https://info.arxiv.org/help/submit/index.html

What worked:
- Arm capable of picking up various objects much better than before

What failed:
- Battery died during testing, not surprising but should make battery monitor

Key learning:
- looks like you publish many papers during phd, and you start shaping a research portfolio, not just a single project

Next session:
- implement more robust arm teleoperation
- continue reading vla literature (vit, clip, llava, rt1, rt2, pi0)
- start thinking of potential research question

Time spent: 1 hour