Tbh, we're pretty close to that. This would essentially be the following set of work cells: - PCB etching/engraving - Solder placement - component placement

Tbh, we're pretty close to that. This would essentially be the following set of work cells: - PCB etching/engraving - Solder placement - component placement - solder oven This gets you one layer populated PCBs out the other side. Commercial systems like this exist in various forms, and open source projects for all of these also exist. It would be up to you to integrate them together. As it stands, the frontier models are actually pretty ok at firmware dev at a high level. If you need max performance, they won't be any good at all (learning from the dregs of the internet isn't exactly helpful here). You'll also need to bring at least a willingness to learn about what is involved so you can debug the machine's mistakes.