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# PCBWorld: A Benchmark Environment for Engine-Grounded PCB Design Automation

**Source:** Unknown  
**Published:** July 8, 2026  
**Original:** https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.05915  

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- [Overview](#overview)

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## Overview

arXiv:2607.05915v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: PCB routing is the task of connecting the nets of a board with copper traces under strict design rules, yet learning-based methods still lag behind rule-based routers. We introduce PCBWorld, an open-source engine-grounded PCB routing environment built on the KiCad EDA engine. As a human engineer does, agents in PCBWorld interactively route a board through the engine's native operations, using its Design Rule Check (DRC) feedback to keep the routing

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