Project Tako Update #5 – Tinkering with the Case

June 2, 2025

Hello and welcome back to the regularly scheduled updates for Project Tako! Since the hardware is all in place and the software is 90% there, I’ve started tinkering with a possible case design to bring it all together. I’ll be honest, I’m not super happy (yet) with the design I’ve came up with. Main reason […]

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May 21, 2025

We are finally on the move!! I’ve been dreading some of the electrical circuits needed to make Tako an actual movable remote, but alas, here we are! As you will see from the video, all the wiring and soldering is still very rough, but I’m still learning so much on hardware and software that those […]

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May 1, 2025

Hello again! It has been a while since the previous update, but holidays and small home office renovations came in between me and Tako!! Not to worry, this update is quite a doozy! As you’ve seen in the title, there is a brand new navigation system for Tako: a joystick! I was somewhat dissatisfied with […]

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April 8, 2025

Progress on Project Tako continues! I’m having a lot of fun (but also frustrating) conversations with ChatGPT in order to continue fine-tuning the code for this. I guess I’m fully embracing the “vibe-coding” approach with this, using AI to continuously iterate and move the code forward. The frustrating part is linked to the AI not […]

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April 2, 2025

It’s only been a few days since the intro to the project, but I’ve already worked on a UI update: room navigation. As I have a decent amount of devices spread around the house, I wanted an easy way to get to all of them without having to deal with one long list. So, I […]

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