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Learn about data, AI, and automation through practical applications. Explore key concepts and discover how to implement them using the Viam platform.

Articles

• The Fastest Way to Build a Robot (No Hardware Required)
• We Built a Sun-Tracking Solar Panel in a Day. Here's How We Did It.
• Build a simple voice trigger system on your Raspberry Pi
• Real-Time Object Detection on a Raspberry Pi
• Four robots you can build with a Raspberry Pi and Viam
• Control a Servo From Your Browser — No Driver Code Required
• Turn Any Camera Into a Motion Detector in Three Config Fields
• Add an ultrasonic distance sensor to your Raspberry Pi with Viam
• Controlling a robot arm with an iPhone using Flutter, ARKit, and Viam
• Use Viam to build a robot that can detect, pick up, and sort colored blocks: Full tutorial
• From slow drip to quick deploy: Building an end-to-end edge ML project with Viam
• 5 ways to build smarter access control systems with Viam
• When code meets reality: Lessons from building in the physical world
• 5 AI-powered projects to automate your smart home
• Object detection guide from a computer vision expert (2025)
• YOLO model for real-time object detection: A full guide
• Announcing Viam for Educators: Inspiring robotics and AI learning
• Best Raspberry Pi camera projects to try in 2025
• Master data annotation: Tools, tips, and best practices
• Debunking common misconceptions about edge IoT
• Reasons to invest in a data monitoring tool for IoT success
• Why IoT needs edge computing for growth
• 5 ways to take your IoT sensor data to the next level
• Data observability in IoT systems: A full guide
• How to optimize sensor data collection for IoT management
• QR code detection and decoding using computer vision
• Integrating with Home Assistant for advanced IoT home automation
• Top computer vision projects to explore in 2024
• IoT data visualization: Tips to turn data into insights
• 5 software deployment disasters and how to avoid them
• IoT sensor data: How to navigate and use it effectively
• Raspberry Pi 4 vs Raspberry Pi 5: Which one should you choose?
• Using AI to reduce home energy usage
• DIY Raspberry Pi automatic dog or cat feeder: Full tutorial
• Object detection python tutorial: Automate your lights
• Automated agriculture: Building a DIY hydroponic gardening system
• Raspberry Pi AI project ideas: 5 Award-winning builds to try
• Breathe easy: how home automation can improve your air quality
• Object detection sensors to use on your next build (2024)
• Image classification in machine learning: A full guide (2024)
• Building smarter vision systems: Deploying Hugging Face models on Viam
• Build your own security camera system: A step-by-step guide
• DIY home automation projects featuring Raspberry Pi (2024)
• Building a smarter sprinkler system
• The Viam Challenge: Hack an everyday device with AI‍
• Creating the future of desserts: an interactive smart cake
• Practical AI: Local LLM and machine learning for plant care
• Improving smart machine ROI with selective data capture
• Build a menorah lighting robot
• Build a plant watering robot with webhooks and an ESP32
• Built with Viam: The ML-powered smart candy dispenser
• Looking to build a map for your autonomous robot? Here’s your guide to SLAM and Cartographer
• Build backstories: The autonomous car powered by your mind
• Highlights and builds from Hack the North
• Build backstories: The smart device that aids in school safety
• Build Backstories: The smart device that helps with recycling
• 3 trailblazing hackathon builds with Viam at PennApps
• Improving office tidiness with robots
• Viam & NVIDIA: Raising the bar on smart machine ML
• Making smart home devices even smarter
• Adding third-party API data into Viam
• Build a bedtime songs bot with a custom ML model
• Build a robotics web app with TypeScript & Viam on ROS
• How software development skills fast-track your path to robotics
• How we built the robotic claw game for ICRA
• AMA with Simone Giertz: Passion, creativity, and grit in robotics
• Create a lazy susan using a DC motor
• Build a confetti bot with a Raspberry Pi
• Tipsy: Create an autonomous drink carrying robot
• 6 easy robotics projects for beginners to kickstart your journey
• Modernize a 1980s robot
• Robot Block Party 2023: A blast for robot builders and fans
• Inspiring ideation: Takeaways from XchangeIdeas 2023
• Build a simple, useful, and affordable outdoor rover
• The winning robots at MakeMIT 2023
• Designing the Viam Rover to support faster hardware iteration
• Try Viam: Take over a rover in our robotics lab
• Build a foam dart launcher