HF1: Home companion robot
During the COVID-19 pandemic, my then 6-year-old son and I decided to build a robot together. My son named it Hotdog Fernando. That was, to my ear, a perfect marriage of our two cultures: American and Spanish.
What started like a fun father-son activity, ended up becoming a full-time project. I am now working to turn the first version of Hotdog Fernando (HF1) into a companion robot for everyone.
HF1 can understand you:
HF1 can follow trajectories:
HF1 can be remotely controlled from your phone:
HF1 can do... weird stuff:
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Oh, did I mention that part of the source code is open-source? Take a peek at the source code as I move fast and break... robots.