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Functional Odradek from Death Stranding

A Death Stranding Odradek that listens, tracks and scans for AI glasses.

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Functional Odradek from Death Stranding
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Build sheet

Board
Raspberry Pi 5 8GB
Other parts
Camera Module 3, AI HAT+ 2 (Hailo-10H), XIAO ESP32-C6, robotic arm
AI model or service
openWakeWord, Whisper, Qwen3 1.7B Instruct (tool calling), YOLOv11n
Difficulty
Advanced

Overview

Embodied local agent. Voice goes through a wake word to Whisper, then Qwen3 1.7B tool calls aim YOLOv11n tracking with a robotic arm. An ESP32-C6 head scans for Bluetooth signals from AI glasses.

How it works

Wake word -> Whisper -> Qwen3 1.7B tool calls aim YOLOv11n tracking with a robotic arm; an ESP32-C6 head scans for Bluetooth signals from AI glasses.

Hardware

  • Raspberry Pi 5 8GB
  • Camera Module 3
  • AI HAT+ 2 (Hailo-10H)
  • XIAO ESP32-C6
  • robotic arm

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