I disagree - your AI model should be decoupled from your control logic; so if the model determines that you need to move the boom, your control logic takes that action - either via hydraulic retrofit, canbus control, or just faking it in a simulator, and the AI model observes and reacts to the change as a result of that action.

So in reality, CANbus control should be no different than hydraulic control to your system - just another style of I/O

I totally agree, what I meant was if we only do CANbus retrofit, we would really limit ourselves in how compatible we are. So we have to focus on doing the right kind of retrofit really well. CANbus retrofit is easier and we've done that many times before. Especially because my cofounder Mahimana used to work in self-driving company and worked on this and single-handedly built out their current ML data and eval pipeline.

awesome, sounds like you guys are on the path to success already! can't wait to see how things turn out