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Show HN: Rebuild of Blossom, an open-source social robot

58 points - 11/20/2024


From the post:

Blossom is an open-source robot platform for human-robot interaction (HRI) research that I developed during my PhD. Iโ€™ve used Blossom for research in design, machine learning, and telepresence; others have made Blossoms for their own research purposes. I have continued working on โ€œrebuildingโ€ the entire platform: I redesigned the inner frame as a model kit, complete with Gunpla-inspired runners and instructions, and refactored the codebase as r0b0, a Python library for communicating between hardware peripherals and software applications. In preparation to present Blossom at Maker Faire Coney Island, I refined the telepresence interface and enabled conversational interaction with a language model. The new repository is available on GitHub and includes documentation for construction.

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  • skakar

    11/20/2024

    This is unrelated but I'm going to take inspiration from your Evangelion-themed project and personal website aesthetic!

    • brian-armstrong

      11/20/2024

      This is such a cool project. The instruction manual was quite exciting to see. Nicely written post.

      • aspenmayer

        11/21/2024

        I really like the design of the robot. Itโ€™s very expressive and cute!

        • gtirloni

          11/21/2024

          Newly created domain + .xyz TLD is not a good combo for launching a project (wrt blocklists)

            • 11/21/2024