Here are a few notes on my progress so far. Software Notes: - installed raspbian after booting NOOBS- set up WiFI and keyboard/localization- updated to latest packages- ran raspi-config - turned on ssh &nb...
I seriously think this is the longest I have spent thinking about a project without actually turning a screw or working with software. This week the wife wanted to go to Hobby Lobby and that turned out to be a great time spent bouncing design ideas f...
Introduction Colorful Rotating Chinese Lantern: A rotating lantern with changing colors that is both, artistic and holistic. It provides healing color moods, making a more peaceful environment. Lanterns have a long history in Chinese...
Musical Pi-CassoHello everyone, I am excited to participate and get involved in the build for the project and hopefully finish within the designated time. This is my first time participating in any design challenge and I am pumped to get the things g...
Art is often made to appeal to a specific set of viewers. This is the third blog in a series exploring the idea of using AI to recognize a viewer and adapt art to their age or interest. The intent is to encourage early art appreciation wh...
Today I show you my RASPI OS installation. I take only the Raspberry Pi and the CAM into the delivered housing and insert the given SD card into the slot. The setup. Power on. Th...
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In the Meantime, at Depot09...
Components Roles
Arduino Role
Raspberry Pi 3B+ Role
Auduino Motor Control
Arduino Software
Bonus: The Emotions Light Inside
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Following up the initial design of the Hologram Pi-ramid, the next step that made sense to me was to start designing the project in a 3D CAD/CAM software; this allows me to get a feeling on how the project should look like, make adjustments, correcti...
Art is often made to appeal to a specific set of viewers. This is the second blog in a series exploring the idea of using AI to recognize a viewer and adapt art to their age or interest. The intent is to encourage early art appreciation w...
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Moving the Torso: Parts Design
The base
The Rotating Support
The clamp
Assembling the Rotating Support
The Base and the Body
The Rotating Support
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Hello everyone!! I already received the Raspberry Pi kit from the courier. That was very fast!! As we all know, the kit contained a Raspberry Pi complete starter kit, PiFace digital 2 and the Pi Camera v2. Thank you to our sponsor for this great...
I'm so excited to be here as a challenger! This is my first challenge, and the competition looks quite stiff. I've already created a github repo to host my code. To start things off, here is my application to be a challenger.&...
Prior posts in the PiCasso Design Challenge:PiCasso Design Challenge - Kinetic Art Mobile - Post 1 I have received my challenger's kit early this week (Thank you so much for the cool toys!). The first step in the journey was a brief p...
Last year for a TEDx Event I built a hand bell playing robot as an exhibit. (See https://youtu.be/IeXUfnC5DCs) Bot DingsALot is a machine that plays music using handbells. It is built on a Raspberry Pi platform using Adafruit's PWM ...
I was asked this question by my son, why trying to create this when you could just use a Windows PC and some free image display software? The easy answer is "because". But I realized that this did not go far enough in explaining my motivation and wha...
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Moving the Torso: the Stepper Motor
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IntroductionAfter a series of positive comments and very good suggestions by shabazbeacon_dave and mcb1 it's time to go ahead another step. I mentio...
THE IDEA I have some spare stepper motors and CNC parts, so I thought to build an AI powered Painting Machine using the Raspberry Pi. The machine will work as follows:a source image / photo is providedthe RPi Cam could be also used to take ...
The name PiCasso conjures up fine art masterpieces and exquisite artistic expression, however for this project I don't just want to create a work of art, I want to create a tool that allows works of art to be created. There are many forms of art and ...
ProblemIt can be quite complex and time consuming for a human to analyze smart home sensors data. As well it can take your attention from other important things.And attention is quite a rare commodity these days...ConceptSHOAMM will sense the home an...
The Kit arrived! Here some pictures and a test assembly. The KitRaspi 3 kitSD + PCBAThe PSU (did not fit for Germany )PiFace Digital2Assembly: All fit together without Housing .
Thanks Element 14 for selecting my design as a competitor. I received the package on Monday and was thrilled. I have thrown around some ideas for PiFace Digital 2 and will include some extra components from my workbench. So at this point (w...
For my unofficial contribution to the Picasso Design Challenge I am planning to create a holonomic mobile robot which is one which can move in any direction but always maintains the orientation. To do this I am planning to put a step motor on each co...
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Moving the Mannequin
Thinking on How to Move the Torso
The Most Affordable Solution
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Introductionwww.youtube.com/watch I have already received the notification from UPS that the challenge k...
