davidmr001 / tjbot

TJ Bot

IBM Watson Maker Kits are a collection of DIY open source templates to connect to Watson services in a fun way. TJ Bot is the first kit in the collection. You can 3D print the robot or laser cut it, then use one of the available recipes to bring him to life! #TJBot

Better still, you can create your own custom recipes to bring exciting ideas to life using any combination of Watson's Cognitive API's!

TJ Bot will only run on the Raspberry Pi.

Get TJ Bot

To build out the bot, you can download the design documents and 3D print or laser cut it from ibm.biz/mytjbot.

Build TJ Bot

Bring TJ Bot to life

Recipes are step by step instructions to help you connect your TJ to Watson services. The recipes are designed based on a Raspberry Pi. You can either run one of the available recipes or create your own recipe that brings sweet ideas to life using any combination of Watson API!

Also, check out some featured TJ Bot recipes created by the community.

Contribute to TJ Bot

TJ Bot is open source and we'd love to see what you can make with him. Here are some ideas to get you started.

- Visual recognition. TJ has a placeholder behind his left eye to insert a Raspberry Pi camera. Try connecting the camera to the Watson Visual Recognition API so TJ can say hello when he sees you.

- IoT. The Watson IoT service lets you control smart home devices (e.g. Philips Hue, LIFX lights, etc. ). Connect TJ to IoT and have him control your home.

- Connected robots. You can program multiple TJs to send messages to each other using the Watson IoT platform.

If you have created your own recipe, we would love to include it as a featured recipe! Just submit a pull request for your receipe instructions and code and send a link to a demo video to [email protected] (Vimeo & YouTube preferred). We will review it and if we decide to include it in our repository, you'll be listed as the developer. Please note that all receipes will be published under the Apache 2.0 License. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

We cannot wait to see what you build with TJ!

About TJ Bot

TJ is affectionately named after Thomas J. Watson, the first Chairman and CEO of IBM. TJ Bot was born at IBM Research as an experiment to find the best practices in the design and implementation of cognitive objects.

We are looking for manufactures to take orders for TJ Bot. If you are interested in mass producing the kits, please contact [email protected]

License

This library is licensed under Apache 2.0. Full license text is available in LICENSE.