computer vision

Robotic pets: The bots_alive robot is attracted to the blue target, and blocked by the red obstacles.

Bots_alive Upgrades Your Average Robot into an Electronic Pet

Take a store bought hexbug and give it new intelligence.

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Making Fun: Computer Vision Hair Trimmer

Making Fun: Computer Vision Hair Trimmer

Part of what makes me a maker is that I prefer to do things myself when I can, including cutting my own hair. The tricky part, though, is cutting a good line across the back of the neck. I set out to build a trimmer that I could blindly run up and down the back of my neck, and have a computer vision system automatically turn the trimmer on or off in accordance with its position.

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Pixy — teaching micro-controller boards to see

Pixy — teaching micro-controller boards to see

Now in the closing few days of its Kickstarter campaign the Pixy camera board isn’t just another camera, it’s a “smart” vision sensor.

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