We received some incredible entries showcasing the creativity and talent of our Petoi community. Thank you to everyone who participated!
We're thrilled to announce the winners.
Martin shared his experiences with Bittle:
My sister got me Bittle for Christmas (Best gift I've ever got, I've always wanted one so bad, and I'm really happy that I finally have my own Bittle!)
I'm a young modern tech enthusiast with quite a lot of electrical knowledge, but I'm planning on learning more about programming and robotics too. And I'm sure Bittle will be a great teammate, that will help me to learn (not only) the basics, discover more of the possibilities of coding, and during that also gain new experience and have some fun!
Unfortunately, we didn't receive any entries that met the criteria for winning. While we appreciate everyone who submitted, we've decided not to award a winner for this theme.
Better luck next time!
Congratulations to Reid Graves, a graduate student from Carnegie Mellon University! Your entry featuring a Petoi Bittle robot dog collecting acorns autonomously was ingenious and perfectly demonstrated its hardware extensibility and unique talents powered by Al.
Reid shared his insights using bittle for AI robotics research:
I started working with Bittle last September for a research project. The ultimate goal of the project is autonomous swarm behavior with a collection of Bittle robots. For example, having 3 robots exploring their environment looking for food, such as acorns, and working together to collect all the acorns.
Starting off, I had minimal experience using Ardiuno, and zero experience using raspberry pi or ROS. Since the project began, I have learned many skills, such as python socket communication, linux command line, GIT, opencv, YOLO, raspberry pi, and ROS2, just to name a few.
He shared two versions of the project:
New Themes Added
While a few remarkable video may not have claimed top prizes in the original theme contests, we're delighted to add new themes to spotlight them because they caught our attention and amazed us.
10-year-old girl Ekaterina created this storyline to code her Bittle to dance with brand new moves:
I have a robot pet. It likes dancing a lot. Once he heard my favorite song and saw how I danced while listening to it. It decided to dance as well. I saw its dancing and filmed it.
Her dad Vitaly shared why they bought Bittle and how they are going to use Bittle robot dog:
We cannot have a real dog or cat because of an allergy. Bittle and Nybble are our pets and the most impressive robots we have. It is really cool that Bittle can recognize voice commands and do such cool tricks as a backflip. We would like to learn better how to program Bittle and use our prize to teach Bittle following an object. And we are going to participate in the next contest :-)
I would also add that I am a big fan of open source. Thus the fact that Petoi project uses open hardware and software really matters to me. It is probably the most interesting open source robotic platform. Personally I would like to create some set of tasks for my children to show them how to program the robot and implement their ideas.
10-year-old boy Miel used Petoi Coding Blocks to program his Petoi Bittle robot to sing and dance to celebrate his mom's birthday.
Miel's dad Pieter shared the project idea and their feedback on Bittle:
He wanted to create something original for his mom's birthday so he combined Play Melody and Perform skill instructions to get to this result.
It took quite some iteration to get all timings and tones right but with some perseverance and patience he managed to get this beautiful result!
making his mom so proud!
I just bought Bittle as a tool for my boys to introduce them to the fun world of robotics, technology and programming.
Bittle just is the cutest, it’s so versatile, my youngest just uses it to walk around the room and do some tricks using the remote while my oldest uses it to practice his programming skills in Mind+. It’s just so much fun and educational.
In the future we hope we can learn more by exploring the accessories, sensors and voice recognition. Can’t wait to extend his behavior with these extras, and I am sure that it will inspire my kids to play and learn even more.
A big shout-out to both young roboticists: they are our future robot masters! Keep up the great work.
Our hearts melted when we watched Catherine Walker's touching story about a Petoi robot dog Bittle X befriending a human on Earth. We commend Catherine Walker from University of Redlands for using robotics to empower foster youth!
Catherine has a great plan to use Bittle robots:
I am so excited to include Petoi robots in our summer foster youth curriculum. Kids need access to high tech learning opportunities, especially foster youth.
Foster youth live a life of many transitions; they are moved from house to house and school to school, rarely getting to stay any place very long where a real investment can be made in them. This is what my program strives to do. We like to take every opportunity possible where we can show these kids at different future, one where they belong.
This summer, we will be featuring the Petoi robots in our computer programming class. We will also be integrating them across other classes. In our Makerspace, we will be 3D printing the dog collars. In our video class, students will be creating their own storylines, filming their robots, and editing a final production.
The Feedback About Petoi Robotics Contest
Next Steps
We've reached out to the winners via email to arrange prize delivery.
Thank you again to everyone who participated in our contest. Your enthusiasm and creativity were truly inspiring! We appreciate all of your feedback and suggestions on making our contest and products more fun and engaging.
Practice your robot pet coding skills and share your robotics creation on social media and Petoi robot forum.
Stay tuned for our next contest announcement!
If you have any suggestions or are interested in running a robotics contest for your robotics camp or institution, please feel free to contact us.
