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Local LLMs power robotic arm for realistic smartphone battery testing

A YouTube reviewer has developed an advanced system for smartphone battery testing, utilizing local large language models (LLMs) to control a robotic arm. This setup employs two Qwen models, a mixture-of-experts 35B model for rapid browsing and a larger 27B model for precise actions, to simulate human phone usage with minimal latency. The reviewer invested significantly in dedicated hardware, including an NVIDIA H20 and RTX PRO 6000, to ensure real-time inference and prevent network fluctuations from affecting test results. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates how local LLMs can enable sophisticated automation for real-world tasks requiring low latency and high reliability.

RANK_REASON The item describes a novel application of existing LLM technology in a specific, non-frontier product use case (smartphone battery testing automation).

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Local LLMs power robotic arm for realistic smartphone battery testing

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/gappyvalley ·

    Unexpected use of local llm

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I was refreshing my youtube and found out my favourite reviewer uploaded a battery test of 78 smartphones:</p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/MpgUFrsIWSQ">https://youtu.be/MpgUFrsIWSQ</a></p> <p>the author said they started using robotic arm to sim…