Environment and dependency validation
Start with reproducibility: environment setup, model loading, camera access, and self-test scripts before moving hardware.
Build journey
How the prototype came together.
The build moved through environment setup, perception validation, calibration, grasp tuning, and demo integration.
Pure vision verification
Validate 2D detection quality and object categories before depth and calibration are expected to carry the whole stack.
Coordinate alignment
Use calibration to make camera output actionable. Without this step, robot motion is disconnected from perception.
Staged grasp validation
The key engineering decision was to validate alignment, motion policy, and hardware timing incrementally before claiming robust physical sorting.
Web-facing demo layer
The operator console and project website become communication layers for judges, teammates, and future contributors.
Build snapshots
What the work looked like during the hackathon.
These snapshots document assembly, coding, and submission work during the hackathon.
Installing the dexterous hand
This assembly snapshot records the hardware integration work required before the robot could attempt physical sorting.
Writing control code
This coding session shows the software integration phase where perception, coordinates, and motion control were connected.
Pushing the work out
This submission photo captures the final packaging step that turned the build into a reviewable hackathon submission.
Installing the calibration board
This setup clip documents the calibration step that enabled later coordinate transformation and robot targeting.
Board placement in the workspace
This image shows the physical reference object positioned inside the robot workspace before calibration and follow control were tested.
Safe progress is faster progress.
Safe progress matters because it is one of the clearest signs of mature engineering judgment in a robotics project.
Calibration, failure recovery, and tuning
Reliability improved through repeated tuning of detections, coordinate alignment, and motion timing.
Short captions keep the process readable.
The build journey is presented as milestones supported by photos and concrete results.