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A face with personality.
Animated eyes and expressions bring listening, thinking, and idle moments to life.
In development / DESK COMPANION
Meet
Desco.
A little character for your desk.
An expressive Raspberry Pi desk companion with an animated touchscreen face, camera-based face following, and a moving head.
MORE THAN A BOX OF ELECTRONICS
Made to have
a little personality.
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A little more eye contact.
Camera-based face following coordinates the eyes and the pan/tilt head.
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Small reactions. Big character.
Nods, head shakes, and short robot sounds give Desco a way to respond.
Desco is an active development project. Speech and AI processing use a companion Windows computer; this is not a standalone all-in-one robot kit.
INSIDE THE BUILD
A small robot.
A few moving parts.
The Raspberry Pi handles the face, camera, and robot-side application. Dynamixel servos move the head. A Windows computer provides the heavier audio and AI processing.
- Raspberry Pi 4B
- Runs the face and robot-side application.
- 3.5-inch touchscreen
- A 480 × 320 animated face with touch controls.
- Raspberry Pi AI Camera
- IMX500 camera for camera-based face following.
- Dynamixel + U2D2
- Pan and tilt movement through a ROBOTIS serial interface.
- Windows computer
- Provides the heavier speech and AI processing, and speaker output.
Hardware overview from the current project. A complete shopping list and checked assembly instructions are still to come.
BUILD YOUR OWN
The guide is
taking shape.
This page introduces the project. The step-by-step build guide will bring together parts, enclosure assembly, wiring, software, and troubleshooting.
About the build guides01Meet the buildPlanned
02Parts & preparationPlanned
03Print & assemblePlanned
04Wire & configurePlanned
05Bring it to lifePlanned
PLANS & FILES
Good builds deserve good instructions.
Desco’s downloadable plans and guide package are not available yet. Contents and pricing will be announced here when they are ready.
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