Saturday, October 13, 2012

I, Robot



This is Ben's latest robotics  project, Tiger Eye.   




Tiger Eye is built from a discarded Roomba Robotic Vacuum and outfitted with a web-camera, a Raspberry Pi micro-computer, and a custom-designed voltage-regulating circuit board.

Atop


Behind


Beneath



It is controlled with a Wii remote and special software that Ben wrote, which enables Tiger Eye and a laptop computer to communicate.  





Tiger Eye also takes stealth photos.  Ben emailed this one to me as I was catching some shots for this post.  It's fun having this robot roll up behind you when there is no one else in sight.  Well, fun, but also a little unnerving!

1 comment:

G said...

Very cool! My ds would love to do this.