{"id":856,"date":"2017-01-13T22:43:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T22:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/?page_id=856"},"modified":"2017-01-13T22:43:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T22:43:22","slug":"pixy-robot-vision-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/pixy-robot-vision-made-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixy = robot vision made easy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J8sl3nMlYxM?wmode=transparent\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><em>&#8220;This is the single most important robotics product since the Arduino.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 Ted Macy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botmag.com\/index.php\/pixy-and-the-purple-dinosaurs\" target=\"_blank\">Robot Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 50px 30px 80px 30px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLaVaA4k86r6quw8AmWDTz1h4wJ7S_b7qL\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-421 size-full\" style=\"padding: 0px; border: 0; margin: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pixy-tracking-coloured-balls.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0;\">Robot vision made easy<\/h3>\n<p>Pixy is a fast vision sensor for DIY robotics and similar applications. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/cmucam.org\/projects\/cmucam5\/wiki\/Teach_Pixy_an_Object_2\">teach Pixy an object<\/a>\u00a0just by pressing a button. Use Pixy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLaVaA4k86r6quw8AmWDTz1h4wJ7S_b7qL\" target=\"_blank\">lots of different applications!<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0It&#8217;s capable of tracking hundreds of objects simultaneously and only provides the data you are interested in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 80px 30px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-719\" style=\"padding: 10px; border: 0; margin: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/48912-arduinouno_r3_front-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"48912-arduinouno_r3_front\" width=\"217\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/48912-arduinouno_r3_front-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/48912-arduinouno_r3_front-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/48912-arduinouno_r3_front-720x498.jpg 720w, https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/48912-arduinouno_r3_front.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0;\">Connect directly to Arduino<\/h3>\n<p>No need to futz around with tiny wires &#8211; Pixy comes with a cable to <a href=\"http:\/\/cmucam.org\/projects\/cmucam5\/wiki\/Hooking_up_Pixy_to_a_Microcontroller_(like_an_Arduino)\">plug in\u00a0to Arduino,<\/a>\u00a0so you can quickly get started. No Arduino? No problem! Pixy has <a href=\"http:\/\/cmucam.org\/projects\/cmucam5\/wiki\/Porting_Guide\">a multitude of ways to talk to other devices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 110px 30px 50px 30px;\">\n<p><span style=\"padding: 10px; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 200%;\">getBlocks();<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0;\">Simplify your programming<\/h3>\n<p>To get you up and running as fast as possible, we offer free\u00a0software libraries for <a href=\"http:\/\/cmucam.org\/projects\/cmucam5\/wiki\/Hooking_up_Pixy_to_a_Microcontroller_(like_an_Arduino)\">Arduino, Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone Black<\/a>. Pixy also makes your life easier by only sending\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=532j-186xEQ\">the data\u00a0you&#8217;re looking for<\/a>. For example, if you teach Pixy a purple object, you will only receive data (X-Y coordinates, size, and unique ID) about purple objects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 70px 30px 50px 30px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-560\" style=\"padding: 10px; border: 0; margin: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oshw-logo-800-px-285x300.png\" alt=\"Open Source Hardware logo\" width=\"143\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oshw-logo-800-px-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oshw-logo-800-px-300x315.png 300w, https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oshw-logo-800-px-720x756.png 720w, https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oshw-logo-800-px.png 761w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><br \/>\nWant to dig deeper?\u00a0Pixy is entirely open-source (<a href=\"http:\/\/cmucam.org\/projects\/cmucam5\/documents\">hardware<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/charmedlabs\/pixy\">firmware and software<\/a>). We offer <a href=\"http:\/\/cmucam.org\/projects\/cmucam5\/wiki\">a helpful wiki<\/a>, and you can always <a href=\"http:\/\/cmucam.org\/projects\/cmucam5\/boards\">ask a question on our forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/where-to-order-pixy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-711\" style=\"padding: 0px; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/charmedlabs.com\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/find-a-distributor-button.jpg\" alt=\"find a distributor\" width=\"216\" height=\"56\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Pixy is a collaboration between Charmed Labs and Carnegie Mellon University.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is the single most important robotics product since the Arduino.&#8221; \u2014 Ted Macy, Robot Magazine Robot vision made easy Pixy is a fast vision sensor for DIY robotics and similar applications. You can teach Pixy an object\u00a0just by pressing a button. 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