What will K-9’s artificial intelligence be able to do? I don’t know, it is not definable yet. Vision software is advancing fast with computers like the Jetson Nano. Opencv is a free addons to python that runs the camera, but that is just the surface of what it can do. It can handle reading frame … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 29 – opencv Object Tracking
Data that is sent over the same channel both directions can be a little tricky. The Jetson sends a request to the Arduino for the latest temperature reading. So you send a number like 17 into the buffer and it sits there until till Arduino test the port and it tell it that there is … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 26 – Arduino Dialog Continues
It’s so funny how every time I think something is going to be so simple but its not. After getting deeper into the sheer number of parts that needs electricity, I stopped to do some rough layout work to find out which way I need to go. Making a drawing that can be easily edited … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 25 – Electrical System Planning
For a while now I knew that I was going to be using a Arduino to sub process with the Jetson Nano. Let’s see if we can get them to talk. The best place to start is JetsonHack.com he has a page and a YouTube on the subject. I am not detailing the steps when … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 24 – The Arduino Connection
Poor Little Jetbot looks naked without the Nano setting on top. As much work as I put into Jetbot it was always going to be just a step in K-9’s direction. It was a great learning platform for me and not any of it a real waste. I never got to the point of having … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 23 – Mounting Jetbot Inside The Head
Python coding can be so rewarding and frustrating at the same time. Haha There are so many imports you can add to the program that gives it a wide range of functionality. Just think about what you want it to do, Google it and you will get a solution. Then the fun begins. SMTP or … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 21 – Send Me An Email
K-9 now has a voice! Text to speech is getting better every year with neural networks. And to get a good one you have to pay. The free ones are still very primitive and sometimes hard to understand. The one I picked was Google cloud based voice. After applying for the free starter money of … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 20 Speak
As time goes by I slowly have time to work on the software that will be operating k9. The two year old Jetson Nano is a still a very powerful micro computer for ai development. Nvidia was the horse to bet on. There architecture is accelerating in the field of neural networks and video processing … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 15 – Software Planning
What inspires you? Maybe sports, or hunting, maybe cooking, or crafting is your style. For me, I love technology, computer, science, space, mechanics and robots. As a boy my mom said, “That by February what I got for Christmas was tooken apart to see how it was made.” Now I am building and it will … More Full Size Dr. Who K-9 Mk II Robot Dog – Part 1 You Have To Start Somewhere
Status update… Well how is my little Jetbot doing? Broken… it’s ok. A little glue and he will be fine. There is alot of wires that come off and I have clumsy feet. He dropped about 18″ to the desk to the floor and the upper body cracked. I wish he was a bit more … More Nvidia Jetson Nano – Jetbot Experimental AI Robot Part 6
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