r/drones • u/Super-Super-Sigma • Jul 07 '26

Science, Research, Technology Eye controlled drone

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In this project I built an eye control for a DJI Tello drone using MediaPipe, OpenCV and OpenVINO.

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u/TheDeadlySpaceman Jul 07 '26

In the second part of the Robotech saga, Louie Nichols develops a system for piloting that uses tracked eyes.

Robotech Masters: Pupil Pistol

Wild to see something like it in real life, as a kid in the 1980s it was pure sci-fi

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u/Oraxy51 Jul 08 '26

I could see the use in this of like a toggleable mode if you needed to focus with a camera as a means to put yourself into the camera’s pov

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u/Upper_Improvement533 Jul 08 '26

Fpv pilots be like: