# Building a remote control interface for the YAM robotic arm with Astra (GPT6) and opening real-hardware trials

- Source: Reddit r/robotics
- Published: 2026-10-14T03:22:55.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/db6qzvt5zlnvggne06695w4mr
- Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1x5gt4d/new_ui_for_controlling_robotics_arms_remotely/

## Summary

The author connected their own YAM robotic arm to the Astra (GPT6) model, letting people try a robot manipulation model on real hardware, and launched a remotely controllable playground website and API. Astra uses camera images as input to control the gripper based on prompts, performing well zero-shot across a variety of manipulation tasks. The website targets curious users who want to give it a try, while the API targets advanced users who want to run their own experiments.