IOKELA

Inspiration

Initially, we wanted to build an old open source project (Maki from Hello Robo) with the new technology Genuino 101 for the Intel Hack. It was a summer project to teach 2 kids (Iris-11 yrs old and Esteban-12 yrs old) how to code and the fundamentals of robotics and AI.

What it does

Unlike many other websites, we will explain various functions and materials as a part of a single project: building your own assistant.

How we built it

We began by learning the Genuino 101 functionalities and avantages in order to define the possibilities we had. We tooked inspiration and information on some others open source project like InMoov and Maki from Hello Robo (now Peachybots) but the files are not updated and no more available for download).

Challenges we ran into

We had to understand how to build and parameter our 3D printer, how to adapt the old STL files to the dimension of the new material, how works the Genuino 101 and how to connect it with a Raspberry Pi Zero W and a Pi Cam.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We use the Genuino 101 to manage the 'wake up system' (vibration sensor, IR distance), the following system ( (stepper motor to move the eyes) and the robotic vision connected to a Pi Cam and a Raspberry Pi 0. We used the bluetooth of the Genuino to communicate the instruction and the WiFi of the Rapberry Pi to connect our robot to the API Vision in MS Azure.

What we learned

The kids of our team learned how to use the Arduino IDE and a lot of possibilities for this kind of robot. They now are creative in adding new functionalities to the robot (voice control, air quality analyzing, ...). For the adults, we learned that it is easier to teach kids with 'dream project' (like in a SF movie) but it is difficult to find all information to do it for rookies.

What's next for Iokela

We will continue to develop the robot with more functionnalities and are totally interested in testing new material if Intel want us to do it. We are currently creating a new website to put this experience, the modified STL files and the code in open source as well as the tutorials.

Built With

• arduino
• azure-cognitive-services
• genuino-101
• python
• raspberry-pi