Keenan Johnson
Published © GPL3+

Paige Turner πŸ‘§πŸΌπŸ“–

An Alexa voice-controlled, Lego robot that can read and turn pages of books for the visually impaired.

IntermediateFull instructions provided3 hours3,660

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Mindstorms EV3 Programming Brick / Kit
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Programming Brick / Kit
×1
Echo Dot
Amazon Alexa Echo Dot
×1
IPEVO V4K Ultra High Definition USB Document Camera
×1
Edimax EW-7811Un 150Mbps 11n Wi-Fi USB Adapter
×1
32 GB SD Card
×1
Six AA Batteries
×1
Laptop Running Linux or a Virtual Machine
×1

Software apps and online services

Alexa Skills Kit
Amazon Alexa Alexa Skills Kit
Alexa Gadgets Toolkit
Amazon Alexa Alexa Gadgets Toolkit
Google Cloud Vision API
python-ev3dev2
ev3dev
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Balena Etcher

Story

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Custom parts and enclosures

Paige Turner's CAD Files

This is a design file for BrickLink's excellent Lego 3D tool: Studio V2

Lego Instruction Book

A PDF of the Instructions to build the Lego part of Paige :)

Schematics

Block Diagram

Paige's Block Diagram. This has all the parts and connections you'll need to make to build her.

Code

Paige Turner Source Code

This Github repository contains all the source code required to build and run a Paige Turner

Credits

Keenan Johnson

Keenan Johnson

5 projects β€’ 24 followers
Building @ribbitnetwork. Writing (see bio link). πŸš€engineer turned to Climate. Startup Founder. Consultant. Maker. he/him/his

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