The Neuron

An autonomous robot, powered by AI.

Eric Buehler 2022

What is this?

This is an autonomous robot that drives using AI. It uses a depth camera to provide an AI with the information needed to autonomously drive, which is a task the AI performs very well. This robot has been tested in many different enviorments, with positive results.

Assembly

To build this robot, follow this assembly guide.

Getting started

Overview

• Data collection
• AI
• Webserver
• Autonomous driving
• Manual driving

Guides

Before starting the process for autonomous driving, check out this.

Click here to begin.

Parts

Chassis

Original Chassis

However, this product is not currently available as of May 1st 2022. Although any chassis can be used, this is an alternate option. The assembly guide assumes that you are using the original chassis.

Motor controller

2X Motor controller

Luxonis OAK-D camera

Depth camera

Raspberry Pi 4B - 8GB version

Raspberry Pi 4B - 8GB

Connectors

• Short USB-A to USB-C connector

• Battery clips

Batteries

• USB battery bank for the Raspberry Pi
• 2 9V batteries for each motor controller

Miscellaneous

• 1 small Breadboard
• 4 jumper wires (female-male)

References

Perceiver IO: A General Architecture for Structured Inputs & Outputs

Perceiver: General Perception with Iterative Attention

Video explanation of Perceiver IO

GitHub implementation of PerceiverIO by Lucidrains

PerceiverIO classifier for MNIST