MIMIC ROBOT

Written By Miguel Garcia

SAMI robot used to continue development

Project Overview
As part of my Applied Robotics course, I contributed to the continued development of the SAMI Robot, an interactive robot designed to provide companionship and entertainment for elderly individuals and children with special needs. Our team focused on developing a mimic program as the foundation for integrating a future Simon Says–style game.

Process

  • Implemented Google MediaPipe for pose tracking to extract real-time body movement data

  • Designed camera-tracking components in SolidWorks (face-tracking gimbal project)

  • Developed a communication interface between Python and Arduino for synchronized control

Results

  • Enabled the robot to mimic user movements from a 2D perspective

  • Integrated a tracking camera system that keeps the user centered in the frame during motion

Skills Used:

  • Python

  • C++

  • Google Body Tracking AI

  • CAD (Solidworks)

  • 3D printing

    **Unfortunately, I’m unable to share code or component design as this project is still being researched and developed by my professor and her team **


Miguel Garcia
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