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DIY Reachy Mini Head Controlled by Voice Commands via LLM

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A project is underway to create a robotic head using an ESP32-S3 N16R8 microcontroller and a plastic storage box, dubbed a "Reachy Mini." The head's movements will be controlled via a webpage, with voice commands processed by a speech-to-text AI and a small LLM to generate JSON commands for the microcontroller. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates a practical application of LLMs and STT for controlling hardware, potentially inspiring similar DIY robotics projects.

RANK_REASON The item describes a DIY project using existing hardware and AI components to create a functional robotic head, which falls under the category of a tool or hobbyist project.

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DIY Reachy Mini Head Controlled by Voice Commands via LLM

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The item describes a DIY project using existing hardware and AI components to create a functional robotic head, which falls under the category of a tool or hobbyist project.
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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Copilot and I tested the esp32 s3 n16r8 microcontroller board running a servo motor. I will create a fake Reachy Mini head using a plastic storage box. We wil

    # Copilot and I tested the esp32 s3 n16r8 microcontroller board running a servo motor. I will create a fake Reachy Mini head using a plastic storage box. We will create a webpage for controlling its head movement. We will also use our project AEye uses a stt AI to convert my voic…

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