Category Archives: Robotics

Tracking People with the Googly Eyes and OpenCV

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Glen

In part 1 of this series of posts, we built a giant set of robotic googly eyes. In part 2, we brought the googly eyes to life using an Arduino. In this post, we’ll use OpenCV to make the googly … Continue reading →

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Bringing the Robotic Googly Eyes to Life

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Glen

In part 1 of this series of posts, we built a giant set of robotic googly eyes. Now it’s time to animate them! To keep the project simple, we’ll use an Arduino Uno and a pair of Big Easy Driver … Continue reading →

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Build a Pair of Robotic Googly Eyes

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Glen

Build your very own pair of giant robot googly eyes! These eyes are built from laser cut acrylic panels and motorized using a pair of NEMA-14 stepper motors. This post is the first in a series of three posts. In … Continue reading →

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