The Raspberry Pi 4 was released and it has finally enough memory to run Chromium effectively. With the addition of an USB 3.0 controller, this little board can now run programs off an external SSD really fast. However, for anything other than a desktop replacement, this upgrade may prove quite expensive relative to the Pi’s price.
Since most of the Pi’s I know live in a secluded place having no monitors or keyboards attached and will execute a single codebase for their entire lifespan,
Since we have participated in more traditional robotics competitions than you can imagine, we wanted to do something special for our 100th prize. As I had recently finished the CS231N course, I felt really eager to apply machine learning algorithms to robotic tasks.
The competition
Electromobility is a six-month long autonomous driving competition organised by Continental Automotive in Iasi,
Since it is Christmas time and the entire city has become more festive, we thought of decorating our lab a little. And what better way to do it than with a “small” and “simple” project?
The goal: to make the prizes shelves as shiny, colorful and smart as possible.
For doing it, we have used the following: