/Vector-Face-Animation

Displaying facial animations on Anki's Vector face display

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Vector-Face-Animation

Displaying facial animations on Anki's Vector face display

Vector Face Animation

What do you need to use it?

  1. Vector himself (http://anki.com/vector)
  2. A computer
  3. A little knowledge about Python
  4. Knowledge of the Vector SDK (https://developer.anki.com/vector/docs)
  5. The files in this repository
  6. The python module Pillow. (pip3 install --user Pillow, usually already installed when working with the Vector SDK)

If you know how to run an example file from the Vector SDK, you should be able to run this script.

System requirements

  • Computer with Windows OS, mac OSX or Linux
  • Python 3.6.1 or later
  • WiFi connection

Compatibility

  • Vector SDK 0.5.1 (alpha)

Known issues

  • Framerate max: ~3 fps. Either the SDK is not optimized yet or the code is bad.
  • Due to a known bug in the SDK, the image display can also sometimes display the eyes over the images or on a black background.