Tristan Penman's Blog

When we consider programming languages for robotics, those that come to mind often include established players such as C and C++, Python, or even those specifically designed for scientific and numerical computing, such as MATLAB.

In the previous post, we introduced the machine translation problem and worked through the fundamentals of the MarianNMT framework.

This is my third post exploring Edge AI, with a focus on the Rockchip RK3588 NPU.

This post continues on the theme of Edge AI.

Ever wondered what it takes to run real-time object detection and face recognition on a tiny device, without the cloud?

Just recently, there was a high profile Chromecast outage, affecting second generation (Chromecast 2) devices.

In parts one and two of this series, we built a basic runtime type checker for Ruby.

In my last post on Ruby Type Checking, we looked at how metaprogramming could be used to implement an annotation-style syntax in Ruby.

It was during Melbourne’s record-breaking 2020 lockdown that I rediscovered my interest in retro console development.

Last Updated: 10 April 2023 Earlier this year, I was talking with a colleague about Sorbet and other type checking features that are available for Ruby.