Maker Faire: Results, Reactions & What’s Next (AI Pit Droid pt. 4)
Three days at Orlando Maker Faire with an AI-powered Star Wars Pit Droid. What worked, what failed, and how the project evolves with Claude and Cowork.
Building the Body (AI Pit Droid pt. 3)
From FDM printing and paint prep to USB peripherals and servo control, here’s how the physical AI Pit Droid came together for Maker Faire Orlando.
The AI Brain: Teaching the Droid to See (AI Pit Droid pt. 2)
How YOLOv8, MediaPipe, and an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano power real-time human detection and gesture recognition in a 3D-printed Star Wars Pit Droid.
I Built the Droid I Was Looking For (AI Pit Droid pt. 1)
A cybersecurity professional builds an AI-powered Star Wars Pit Droid using an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano. The story behind the build, the tech, and why it matters.