That by itself isn't all that clever, since any half versed roboticist can do the same with some trial and error. What's seriously impressive about it is that

That by itself isn't all that clever, since any half versed roboticist can do the same with some trial and error. What's seriously impressive about it is that it works in real time on an absolute brick of a 233 MHz PowerPC from the 90s. Like, an ESP32 probably outperforms it.