Welcome to the personal workbench of Michael Tasior. This space serves as a living archive for my projects, hobbies, and the various digital artifacts I create along the way_
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Hugo3: Lightbar Effects
Exploring the various lighting effects implemented for the Hugo 3 rover’s lightbar, including KITT-style animations and pulsing effects.
Hello World: The Digital Workbench
Welcome to my new digital home—a place to document projects, experiments, and the various iterations of my technical journey.
Hugo3: The new accessories
Introducing new hardware refinements for Hugo 3, including a light bar mount and Wi-Fi dongle integration.
The Bean Thriller: A DIY Plant Timelapse
Turning slow-motion nature into a digital thriller using a Raspberry Pi 3, a Raspicam, and some 3D-printed parts.
The Pool Diaries: Automating Solar Heating
The story of an uncertain journey: How a simple solar heater evolved into a complex Raspberry Pi-powered pool automation system.
The Ultimate Home Assistant Garage Door: A Shelly 1 Story
How to turn a humble Shelly 1 into a smart garage door controller that looks and feels native to Home Assistant. ...
Hugo3: Raspberry Pi 5 Rover
My ongoing project: A tracked robot with dual-camera streaming, MQTT protocol, and hardware-accelerated decoding on Apple hardware.
FILL-O-MATIC 9001: The Smart Solution for Small Batch Bottling
The FILL-O-MATIC 9001 is a nearly fully automatic bottling plant for gourmet sauces, developed as an efficient response to expensive industrial systems and time-consuming manual labor.
ExoMax
ExoMax is an adaptation of ExoMy using an alternative software stack as well as a pan and tilt camera.
HUGO
Hugo is a small side project based on the architecture of Elwood and the framework of the Robodrohne.