Congratulations! The winners of the 'AI & Open Hardware' Contest!

Dear contestants,
Thank you very much to every contestants who persisted in creating in the 'AI & Open Hardware' Contest: your creativity has redefined what’s possible at the intersection of AI and hardware!
Today, we’re thrilled to celebrate these projects that stood out.

※Ceremony

❀Gold medal (1 Winner)

Project: Natural Language Robot Control via CrowPanel + OpenAI
Author: Grovety
Judges' comments: Your combination is super cool! You mastered the core concepts of commanding a robot using voice with OpenAI. And GitHub presentation is great! Fantastic job documenting and sharing your work. It's clear, well-organized, and super helpful – exactly what our community loves to see!

Natural Language Robot Control via CrowPanel + OpenAI

❀Silver Medal (2 Winners)

Project ①: Portable AI Voice Assistant using ESP32
Author ①: Sachin Soni
Judges' comments ①: Great tutorial! The step-by-step video makes it feel like a beginner can follow along and complete this awesome project on their own. Love how you’ve made innovation so teachable! The use of the ESP32 is excellent, showing an impressive level of technological maturity.

Project ②: Raspberry Pi AI Voice Assistant
Author ②: Aahil Irfan
Judges' comments ②: A Raspberry Pi based AI assistant, love this fun setup! Perfectly fits the theme of this contest. Moreover, the information in GitHub is complete and practical, and all that needs to be said is stated. The overall score of this project is good.

❀Bronze Medal (3 Winners)

Project ①: WaterIT
Author ①: The Strange
Judges' comments ①: Plant intelligence is a interesting topic that many people care about. It’s great that your project can automate watering, provide some plant care advice, etc. But this project still has a lot of potential to explore, and it can continue to be taken to the next level and improved, and it will definitely be very popular in the future!

Project ②: Detecting Airplanes in Images Using AI
Author ②: Marek Szymczyk
Judges' comments ②: This project has some social value and a novel perspective: it actually verifies the ability of the YOLO (You Only Look Once) algorithm to detect airplanes in photos. But it is a pity that the complete AI hardware application is not demonstrated. Overall, this project is still innovative and promising!

Project ③: ddbot, a mobile robot for AI and robotics education
Author ③: Blade Master
Judges' comments ③: Good creativity! The idea of ​​a mobile robot for AI and educational use is very inspiring. But it would be great if you could show more actual application examples and practice. Overall, this project has potential for AI and robotics education. Keep up the innovative spirit!

Huge congratulation to these winners! And don't fret if you don't get a prize this contest. Because there are many contests in our community! Such as:

1. 2nd Electronic Design Contest: Win $6,000 in cash.
2. IoT Hardware Contest: Each contestant can get a free LoRa module by submitting your IoT project.
3. H2S-Dev Board Creative Idea Contest: Share your creativity/ideas and win H2S-Dev Board and more.

Keep building boldly!

❣️How to claim your reward?

We are contacting the above winners one by one. Please check your email box and submit your information on time. Please submit it before June 29, 2025 (If it times out, you will not be able to receive it)

If you have any questions, please contact doreen@elecrow.com.