AIY Vision Kit: build your own intelligent camera — Video tutorial [6/7]

Amanda Cavallaro
2 min readFeb 17, 2019

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A tiny cardboard box can allow you to learn cool parts of artificial intelligence such as face detection, object recognition, face tracking and so on!

You can experiment with image recognition using neural networks as it is powered by TensorFlow’s machine learning models.

I created a series of videos assembling the AIY Vision Kit, it is a do-it-yourself intelligent camera.

In the official website, they state the time required to build it is 1.5 hours.

01. FOLD THE INTERNAL FRAME

Check the part one here.

02. CONNECT THE BOARDS

Check the part two here.

03. ADD THE BOARDS TO THE FRAME

Check the part three here.

04. BUILD THE BOX

Check the part four here.

05. BRING IT TOGETHER

Check the part five here.

06. INSTALL THE LED

In this video we will attaching the LED to your the cardboard box..

Material needed:

  • Privacy LED
  • LED bezel
Video Part 6

07. INSTALL THE HARDWARE

Check the part seven here.

What will you build? Let me know in the comments down below!

The AIY Vision gives you limitless possibilities by using a piece of software and connecting wires to board. You’ll need to assemble its components and personalise the experience to get it up and running.

You can follow the tutorial in the official AIY Vision Kit website.

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Amanda Cavallaro

Software developer, passionate about Cloud technologies, Human Computer Interactions and Chatbots. Women Techmakers, Japanese Culture lover, Aikidoka.