Doly intends to be a portable companion with features
including object identification, natural language speech recognition, and a
learning personality.
With only three minutes of operation, Limitbit Tech's
crowdfunding campaign for Doly, a companion bot for education and other
purposes powered by a Raspberry Pi, has successfully reached its funding
target.
Doly offers users of all ages and skill levels an
interesting and instructive experience because of its unique ability to expand
and adapt. About the expressive tracked robot, Limitbit creator Levent Erenler
states, "Our commitment to an open source approach places Doly at the
cutting edge of personal robotic technology," characterizing Doly as a
"fusion of companionship, education, and technological innovation.
Doly was initially intended to be a 3D-printable companion
robot, powered by a proprietary Linux-based computing platform. Limitbit,
however, decided to use the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 to provide
greater capabilities. In response to the maker community's curiosity, the firm
released the machine's design under an open-source license.
The eight-megapixel Sony IMX219-based camera module, two
touch sensors situated above two circular displays serving as the robot's
expressive "eyes," a six-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU), two
time-of-flight (ToF) distance sensors, four infrared edge sensors, two
microphones, six general-purpose input/output (GPIO) pins, two spare servo
ports, and a single Qwiic port for connecting to external add-ons are all
included in the current Doly design.
By providing software that offers a variety of on-device
machine learning capabilities, including face, speech, and object
identification, natural language understanding (NLU) replies to instructions and autonomous pathfinding, Limitbit is maximizing the robot's artificial
intelligence. There's also a low-code visual programming environment built on
Google Blockly for individuals who want to extend its features.
The business also states that the robot will have a
changeable personality in its basic firmware setup. "Doly's cutting-edge
technology allows him to feel, react, and have a distinct personality. You will
be shaping his unique personality and disposition from the very
beginning," explains Erenler.
The way you engage and treat your Doly will shape this
feature. His reactions, facial expressions, body language, and eye movements
will therefore change to reflect various moods. Doly exists independently and
doesn't need any apps or gadgets.
Doly is now seeking funds on Kickstarter. The kit, which
costs CA$362 (about $270) and needs 3D-printed body pieces and a Raspberry Pi
CM4, is available for CA$399 (roughly $296) for early-bird supporters who want
a fully-assembled item. The business has said that all hardware is anticipated
to arrive in August of this year.
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