CYCLOPS

Cyclops — your workshop droid

Cyclops sits next to you while you work. You talk to it, show it things, and it helps: no phone, no typing, hands stay on the job.

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What you see when you turn Cyclops on: the camera's view of your bench, framed by its panel.

What I've used it for

A BMW motorcycle on a stand with its front wheel off
Rebuilding motorcycle brakesFitting the front calipers on a 1987 BMW R80RT, with the workshop manual read out step by step.
Close-up of brake pads inside a caliper
Seeing where I can'tA dragging brake, inspected through a probe camera plugged into Cyclops. It found the pin to pull.
A wiring diagram Cyclops drew of a handlebar switch
Wiring a handlebar switchI held up the connectors, it worked out the pins and drew the wiring diagram on its screen.
An OXI One sequencer with lit pads
Programming a synthWriting a bassline on an OXI One for a TD-3, with Cyclops reading the manual for me.
Holding an LCD board above a Raspberry Pi Pico
Electronics on the deskAn LED strip and an LCD on a Raspberry Pi Pico. Cyclops wrote and ran the code itself.
An open stapler on a desk
…and reloading a staplerNot every job is a big one.

How it's built

An empty clear waterproof case held in a hand
A sturdy-AF Pelican case.
A Raspberry Pi 5 sitting inside the clear case on a desk
Raspberry Pi 5 + camera module.
The case open on a workbench among drills and tools
A USB port, for connectivity.
A small speaker mounted on the case with its cable sealed through the lid
A tiny speaker.
The finished case held in a hand, its screen lit up with a camera and microphone on top
A 7" touchscreen.

Where it's going

Today it's a Pi in a clear case. This is what it could look like as a finished product: rugged, rails on the outside, a USB port for anything you want it to use.

Concept render: a rugged olive Cyclops on an articulated arm next to a motorcycle engine, its screen showing the engine
Explore it in 3D

It lives on your Wi-Fi

Open cyclops.local on your phone, laptop or iPad. No app, no account: every session, project, manual and photo is right there.

The Sessions page: a list of past sessions with thumbnails and summaries
SessionsEvery conversation, summarised, with its video and photos.
The Projects page: a motorcycle rebuild, Cyclops itself, a music studio and a trike
ProjectsSessions get filed into projects, so next week picks up where you left off.
The Manuals page: uploaded PDF manuals with page counts
ManualsUpload a PDF once and Cyclops has read it.
The Media page: a grid of photos and diagrams from sessions
MediaEvery photo it took and every diagram it drew.

Get involved

Cyclops is open source and very much a work in progress. Build your own, try it out, or just say hi. I'd love to hear what you'd use it for.

Build your ownCode, parts and setup on GitHub.GitHub → Say hiIdeas, questions, collaborations.marcolamina.me →