Using Myo to control a poppy Creature

Technology
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I bought a new way to control robots : the Myo armband

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this armband can measure the direction of your forarm with an integrated IMU but also can identify some poses of your hand using neural plates analysing your muscle activities.

I received it but the SDK with the same level of Leap Motion.

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Is there any API available for Linux? Afaik, those devices are not Open Source and don’t try to be hackable…

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I tested the Myo device to command Poppy but I was very disappointed by the false detections.
For example :
If you want to use Myo as a music player :

  • you install the device on your arm (it is very strong and not very confortable, you feel your blood circulation)
  • you must wait 2-3 minutes so that the plates sensor get warm enough and get contact with your muscles
  • you activate the myo (sometimes with difficulties doing difficult gestures)
  • then you can make the gesture to play music, go to next musique or stop music
  • it works
  • you are happy
  • then you go to wash the dishes
  • the music go up and down, get to the next more than 20 times, volume+ and volume - spurious
  • crazy hell
  • you remove the device

There is some more work to do here.

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You seem to point hardware problem and not only software. I’ve never tried this device, I’m sad to read your feedback :frowning: