PinnedAmitabhainTowards AIProfiling Neural Networks to improve model training and inference speedIn a previous post, we studied how to teach the Anki Vector robot to recognize human sign language. Specifically, we trained a custom…7 min read·Dec 16, 2021----
PinnedAmitabhainProgramming RobotsIntegrating Vector with Open AI CLIPOpen AI rang in the new year with a major announcement: two new revolutionary pieces of research: 1)DALL-E which can generate images from…4 min read·Jan 24, 2021----
PinnedAmitabhainProgramming RobotsLearn AI with a robotFor most of my career, I have been an engineer solely focused on the performance aspects of computer operating systems. Three years ago, I…7 min read·Jun 1, 2021--2--2
AmitabhainProgramming RobotsMoving over to SubstackAs many of you know, I am an avid robotics enthusiast. I own Anki robots: Cozmo and Vector as well as the Bittle robot by OpenPetoi. Many…4 min read·Aug 13, 2021----
AmitabhainProgramming RobotsThe success of Anki Vector in research in Human Robotics Interaction (HRI)One of the few successes that Anki robots, Vector and Cozmo, (now owned by Digital Dream Labs) have had is in the exploration of Human…4 min read·May 9, 2021--2--2
AmitabhainProgramming RobotsIntroducing my new pet dog, BittleI am a proud father of a new programmable robot, a pet dog Bittle. Bittle is the second robot made by Petoi, and a successor to Nybble…4 min read·Mar 13, 2021----
AmitabhaMy first 48 hours at ClubhouseSocial networks has never been my thing. I am inactive on Facebook, and don’t have an Instagram account. But I enjoy Twitter, mainly for…3 min read·Feb 10, 2021----
AmitabhainProgramming RobotsPlaying with OpenAI CLIP on multiple datasetsIn my last article, we examined how OpenAI CLIP can classify an image amongst multiple options of provided text (prompts) using a…4 min read·Jan 28, 2021--1--1
AmitabhainProgramming RobotsUnderstanding how robots discover objects and their poseOne of the most popular videos in my YouTube channel is an illustration of how one can draw on Cozmo’s face by simply moving the cube…4 min read·Nov 18, 2020----
AmitabhainProgramming RobotsContributing to the Anki Vector datasetIn my previous post, I discussed how Roboflow.com features the Anki Vector public dataset, which can be used to train the Vector too…3 min read·Sep 26, 2020----