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Evopien humanoid robot head

A humanoid robot head that converses and answers visual questions on an Orin Nano.

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Build sheet

Board
Jetson Orin Nano Super 8GB
Other parts
ReSpeaker mic array, Logitech C920
AI model or service
Qwen3.5-4B, Parakeet ASR, Kokoro TTS, VLM vision
Difficulty
Advanced

Overview

Hands-free bilingual conversation with barge-in, plus camera-based visual Q&A, all on an Orin Nano Super.

How it works

Parakeet ASR -> Qwen3.5-4B -> Kokoro TTS with barge-in, plus a VLM for camera Q&A, all on a Jetson Orin Nano Super 8GB.

Hardware

  • Jetson Orin Nano Super 8GB
  • ReSpeaker mic array
  • Logitech C920

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