Watchdog for Sphero

Sphero sees and responds to the world around it using your phone as eyes/brain

With Watchdog for Sphero, you can position your phone for surveillance of an area of your home, and whenever the camera detects any motion in that area, Sphero will roll towards the intruder with a challenge. Good fun for pets, friends, and relatives, but don't rely on it to protect the family jewels :)

IMPORTANT: YOU NEED A SPHERO ROBOTIC BALL TO USE THIS APP. https://www.sphero.com

Please submit bug reports via the instructions at https://goseumdochi.org/report-a-bug

So far this has only been tested with classic Sphero 2.0; if you want to provide a BB-8 or Ollie for testing, please contact us!

Requires camera permission (obviously).

Requires Bluetooth/internet and coarse location permissions for communication with Sphero.

Optionally requires external storage write permission (when video recording is enabled).

Your phone screen stays on while running to keep the watchdog from snoozing.

Trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Sphero® and OllieTM are trademarks of Sphero, Inc. dba Sphero®. All rights reserved.

Keywords: sphero, computer vision, opencv, surveillance, watchdog, goseumdochi, robotics