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[danic85]

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Hello everyone!

We're excited to introduce the DMT Modular Biped project, a platform designed for modular development and experimentation in robotics using Python and C++ with the Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Whether you're a robotics enthusiast, a developer, or just curious about the project, this is the perfect place to ask questions and engage in discussions.

Project Overview:
The Companion Robot project provides a framework for robotics development with various features and functionalities. Here's a brief overview:

Facial Detection and Tracking: Utilizing the Raspberry Pi camera for facial detection and tracking.
Servo Control: Controlling up to 9 servos through an Arduino serial connection.
Battery Monitor: Monitoring the battery status through an external connection and software integration via the Arduino serial connection.
Auto Shutdown: Enabling automatic shutdown by adding the startup command to the Pi's boot file. Additionally, GPIO 26 is wired to allow shutdown via a switch.
Buzzer: An integrated buzzer on GPIO 27 for playing tones when there is no audio output.
Motion Sensor: Equipped with an RCWL-0516 microwave radar sensor on GPIO 13.
Stereo MEMS Mics: Supporting stereo MEMS microphones as audio input through GPIO 18, 19, and 20.
Speech Recognition: Enabling speech recognition whenever a face is visible, with additional configuration for MEMS microphones.
Serial Communication with Arduino: Establishing serial communication between the Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
Neopixel: Supporting WS1820B via Pi GPIO pin 12. Please note that audio on the Pi needs to be disabled for this functionality.

For more detailed information about the project, installation instructions, and usage guidelines, please refer to the project's GitHub repository.

How to Get Involved:
This community is open to everyone interested in the project. If you have any questions, ideas, or suggestions, feel free to post them in the discussions section of the repository. We encourage you to engage in conversations, share your experiences, and collaborate with other members of the community.

To participate in the discussions, simply click here and start a new discussion thread or join existing ones.

Let's explore the possibilities of this project together and create an interactive and helpful community!

Looking forward to hearing from you all!

Best regards,
Dan

[evreidan]

I click on the get started but I don't see any discussions. Has there been any?

[danic85]

Hey! there sure have been, I'm not sure where the 'get started' link you mention is - can you share the page you saw that on? I renamed the github organisation recently so it may be a dead link to the old name.

The discussion group is available here: https://github.com/makerforgetech/modular-biped/discussions and is public so you should be able to see it.

[evreidan]

These are the screen shots. But the link you sent in the email I'm able to go to the discussion. I can now follow the discussions.I'm still trying to also figure out github and how to work it. Thank you for your help. Evan Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 0:51, Dan ***@***.***> wrote: Hey! there sure have been, I'm not sure where the 'get started' link you mention is - can you share the page you saw that on? I renamed the github organisation recently so it may be a dead link to the old name. The discussion group is available here: https://github.com/makerforgetech/modular-biped/discussions and is public so you should be able to see it. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[danic85]

Sorry Evan, I don't see any screenshots attached to that post.

For Git and GitHub, I wrote an article that hopefully explains the basics, and of course there are a lot of great tutorials out there that do a much better job than I can.
Let me know if anything doesn't make sense, I can update the article to make parts more clear.

If you just want to get started with the code without GitHub, you can download it as a zip from the repo - that will get you started but you won't get any updates obviously.

[evreidan]

Thank you. Time to learn. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 0:16, Dan ***@***.***> wrote: Sorry Evan, I don't see any screenshots attached to that post. For Git and GitHub, I wrote an article that hopefully explains the basics, and of course there are a lot of great tutorials out there that do a much better job than I can. Let me know if anything doesn't make sense, I can update the article to make parts more clear. If you just want to get started with the code without GitHub, you can download it as a zip from the repo - that will get you started but you won't get any updates obviously. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>