First parts on the bench
The first boxes arrived and went straight onto the bench.
Build log
Kiko on the bench
We build Kiko in Berlin and write down each step.
Timeline
So far
The Jetson boots
Kiko's brain started up for the first time.
Kiko sees in depth
The depth camera sent its first frames.
Vision on the GPU
Kiko's vision now runs on the Jetson's GPU.
Kiko has a face
The screen showed Kiko's eyes for the first time.
Kiko gets a voice
The speaker played Kiko's first words.
In the lab
Photos
5 photos
The bench, the desk and the floor, as Kiko comes together.
Unboxing day. Tools, a multimeter and the microphone array. Screen, Jetson, microphone ring and depth camera, wired up on one desk. Soldering on the floor, filmed by a teammate. Setting up the Jetson, with the depth camera on its tripod. The amplifier soldered to Kiko's 27 mm speaker.
Parts
What goes inside
Brain
Jetson Orin Nano Super
Runs vision, speech and behaviour on the robot.
Eyes
Orbbec Gemini 335 depth camera, mast camera
See the room in colour and depth.
Ears
ReSpeaker 4 mic array
Hears its name from across the room.
Voice
Amp and 27 mm speaker
Lets Kiko answer out loud.
Face
7 inch touch screen
Shows Kiko's eyes and what it is doing.
Touch
Three touch pads
On the head, left and right.
Balance
Motion and distance sensors
Keep Kiko steady and away from walls.
Motion
Geared motors with encoders, motor driver, casters, two servos for the mast
Move the body and raise the camera.
Control
Two ESP32-S3
Look after the motors, sensors and touch.
Power
Two 4S LiPo, fuses, converters
Feed every part, safely.
Bought from
Where the parts come from
- BerryBase
- Eckstein
- Mouser
- Orbbec
- Opencircuit
- Welectron
- Voelkner
- Roboter-Bausatz
- MyLipo
- Drone-FPV-Racer