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Individual developer releases desktop robot Yeti
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Individual developer /u/Forward-Nectarine953 released a self-made desktop robot Yeti on Reddit r/robotics: the shell is 3D-printed, built by modifying open-source code, with more than 100 emotions and behaviors added, and equipped with a gyroscope, microphone, photoresistor and touch sensor, and can also serve as a clock. According to the developer, users can directly flash new firmware to Yeti via mobile phone Bluetooth, without an Arduino IDE, computer or cable; the companion app can automatically connect when the phone is nearby. Two Yetis each paired with a phone can also send messages, doodles and sounds to each other over the internet.
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- ESP32-based desktop robot Yeti: 100+ emotional behaviors and phone Bluetooth firmware flashing
A developer modified a desktop robot called Yeti using a 3D-printed shell and open-source code, adding 100+ emotions and behaviors, along with a gyroscope, microphone, light-dependent resistor (LDR), and touch sensor. Yeti works as a small robot and clock, and supports flashing new firmware directly via phone Bluetooth, with no Arduino IDE, computer, or cable needed. A companion app can connect automatically when nearby, and can also let two Yetis paired with different phones send each other messages, doodles, and sounds over the internet.
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