Description:
A Raspberry Pi compatible extension for e-puck 2
The small e-puck 2 mobile robot is born of a university project designed to open up new possibilities in the world of research and education through use of robotics. It is a fully customizable and 100% open source and open hardware platform, which means you can design your own parts, programs, applications, etc.
To make e-puck even more interesting, a lab at the University of York has developed an extension that connects the robot to the computing power of the Raspberry Pi Zero W. The pi-puck extension can therefore increase its host’s computing speed, autonomy and memory capacity. Connecting peripherals is also much simpler thanks to the I/O ports on the small raspberry’s microcontroller. For example a camera, like the Omni vision module, to give your e-puck 2 new visual skills.
Image capture and blob tracking
The various features offered with the addition of this camera include:
- Image capture with a single press of the enter key, with the command rasp still -t 0 -k -o image.jpg
- Tracking of “blobs” (imprecise shapes of color) thanks to a 360° rotation capability, allowing the camera to follow the object in question as soon as it spots it
- Color and light detection
Technical specifications of the Omni vision video camera
- 5-megapixel color camera
- 360° vision
- Pi-Puck and Raspberry Pi Zero W compatible
- Parabolic mirror for uniform pixel distribution
Resources for the Omni vision e-puck module
You will find all the various resources available for the e-puck 2 Omni vision extension here: