Alexis Rondeau

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Reply · Tuesday, July 14, 2026 · 10:40

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In reply to @SpringStreetNYC · Jul 14, 2026

Feel stoked about my third foray into autonomous research:

"The snuggle is real"-evolving quadcopter frame geometry for Wh/km, with Claude as an occasional co-designer

This one came out a hybrid between classic evolutionary algorithm design and @karpathy-style autoresearch.

This stuff is so much fun!

t.co/MYFpnlBx7K

@karpathy The result: The top candidate came in at a (theoretical) 9% improvement in km/H compared to the baseline Source One V6 design.

Evaluated against 6 complex-ish weather scenarios.

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