About Watchdog for Sphero
With Watchdog for Sphero, you can position your phone for surveillance of an area of your home, and whenever the camera detects any motion in that area, Sphero will roll towards the intruder with a challenge. Good fun for pets, friends, and relatives, but don't rely on it to protect the family jewels :)
IMPORTANT: YOU NEED A SPHERO ROBOTIC BALL TO USE THIS APP. https://www.sphero.com
Please submit bug reports via the instructions at https://goseumdochi.org/report-a-bug
So far this has only been tested with classic Sphero 2.0; if you want to provide a BB-8 or Ollie for testing, please contact us!
Requires camera permission (obviously).
Requires Bluetooth/internet and coarse location permissions for communication with Sphero.
Optionally requires external storage write permission (when video recording is enabled).
Your phone screen stays on while running to keep the watchdog from snoozing.
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Keywords: sphero, computer vision, opencv, surveillance, watchdog, goseumdochi, robotics
Download and install
Watchdog for Sphero version 1.4 on your
Android device!
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Android package:
org.goseumdochi.android, download Watchdog for Sphero.apk
by V####:
It took a little effort getting it set up, lighting and stability seem to be super critical with it and I had mixed results each time. Maybe I don't have an ideal environment for it but it showed promise as it chased my cat about 5 inches before my camera lost sight. It's pretty fun to play around with.