A brief development update – Maker’s Pet robots now work with Xiaomi 1st gen LDS02RR laser distance scan sensors. This is a big deal for me because you can purchase LDS02RR off AliExpress for just $15~$17, including shipping. Compare that,…
Developer log update – I have combined various Kaia.ai-compatible firmware including Maker’s Pet Loki, Fido and Snoopy into a single “platform” firmware repository and revised the single firmware to be configurable using a web browser. If you operate a Kaia.ai…
Watch Snoopy the pet robot map the house and navigate around the house using the newly-created map.This is a fraction of what your robot will be able to do. The full step-by-step tutorial is here. Snoopy maps the house Disclaimer…
Here is a step-by-step tutorial creating a map of the room and navigating around the room using the newly-created map in real time. I’m using here a Windows PC running ROS2 in a Docker container. You can use a Linux…
Kaia.ai makes use of Micro-ROS for Arduino. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to (re)build the Micro-ROS Arduino library. I don’t normally expect anyone to be rebuilding this library, so these instructions are, essentially, a documentation for myself. In…
Here are reels demonstrating a Kaia.ai home robot self-driving around the living room, creating a map of the room and navigating the room – all automatically. I have sped up the videos 4x. Demo: Snoopy self-drives, maps a living room…
Watch Snoopy-the-pet-robot self-drive around a simulated living room, hide under the table (as in hide-and-seek), play ball and “prompt” humans to play.I sped up the videos 4x. This is fraction of what your robot will be able to do. The…
Here are instructions on setting up your local Windos PC. Prerequisites and Hardware Minimums localization, navigation, image recognition and – at a later time – AI. Therefore, the faster your PC, the more RAM and the faster your GPU –…
Here is a step-by-step tutorial creating a map of the room and navigating around the room using the newly-created map. The simulation runs in ROS2 Gazebo. I’m using here a Windows PC running ROS2 in a Docker container. You can…
Here is a step-by-step tutorial simulating Snoopy home robot in 3D VR using the Gazebo ROS2 simulator. I’m using here a Windows PC running ROS2 in a Docker container. You can use a Linux PC running Docker as well. If…
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