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2025
  • Robot Hand
    This was my third robot project with the kids. Inspired by a Mark Rober video about a rock-paper-scissors robot that never loses, my kids wanted a robot hand that would never win against them. After researching all the 3d printable, easy to assemble robot hands out there, I decided to build the beautifully designed InMoov Hand by Gael Langevin. The hand actuated by 6 MG996R hobby servos and fishing line. I used an ESP32 C3 Super mini connected to a PCA9685 PWM servo driver to control the servo
2019
  • Coloring old photos
    Update 2020: I learned about Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) by trying to color old photos using machine learning. I applied my learnings later at AWS helping the team make GANs easy to understand and tune for developers making music with AWS DeepComposer. With this project, I also gained a deep understanding of AWS SageMaker. Original Post: I have always been fascinated by the magical ability of photography to transport us back in time. I'm fortunate enough to have family albums dating
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