# Benchmarking coding agents as closed-loop robot policies, and architectural questions

- Source: Reddit r/robotics
- Published: 2026-10-19T08:43:38.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/qjidb1d2ia7vtrix29t18l35x
- Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1x9rjq3/what_if_the_robot_policy_is_a_coding_agent_not_a/

## Summary

A research team tested letting a coding agent itself act as a closed-loop robot policy: the agent receives RGB observations and robot state, writes and executes Python control programs, and revises the next program based on actual results, with no learned motion policy at any point.