Capture Data and Train a Model
Configure data capture and cloud sync, filter and tag captured data, and train an ML model.
Tag: Services
Configure a color_detector
A heuristic detector that draws boxes around objects according to their hue (does not detect black, gray, and white).
Configure a Fake Generic Service
Configure a fake generic service using the generic service API.
Find a Module for your Machine
Add a modular resource to your machine by configuring it.
The Robot Frame System
The frame system holds reference frame information for the relative position of components in space.
Configure an mlmodel Detector or Classifier
A detector or classifier that uses an ML model available on the machine to draw bounding boxes around objects or return a class label.
Create a new module
Create a module to provide a new modular resource to your machine.
Configure a detector_3d_segmenter
This model takes 2D bounding boxes from an object detector and projects the pixels in the bounding box to points in 3D space.
Motion Service
The motion service enables your machine to plan and move its components relative to itself, other machines, and the world.
Configure an obstacles_depth Segmenter
A segmenter for depth cameras that returns the perceived obstacles as a set of 3-dimensional bounding boxes, each with a Pose as a vector.
Configure an obstacles_distance Segmenter
A segmenter that takes point clouds from a camera input and returns the average single closest point to the camera as a perceived obstacle.
Configure an obstacles_pointcloud Segmenter
A segmenter that identifies well-separated objects above a flat plane.
Upload your Own Modules to the Viam Registry
Use the Viam CLI to upload a custom module to the Viam registry as a public module or as a private module that is shared only within your organization.
SLAM Service
Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) allows your machine to create a map of its surroundings and find its location within that map.
Query Data with SQL or MQL
Query tabular data that you have synced to the Viam app using the data management service with SQL or MQL.
Machine Architecture: Parts
Connect multiple machine parts to each other as sub-parts or remotes.
The Navigation Service
The navigation service uses GPS to autonomously navigate a rover to user-defined endpoints.
Reference Frame Configuration
How to configure the frame system in an scenario where a component is fixed to a static object.
Nested Reference Frame Configuration
How to configure the Frame System in an scenario where a component is attached to another component.
Train and deploy image classification models
Use Viam’s machine learning capabilities to train image classification models and deploy these models to your machines.
Visualize Data with Dashboards
Visualize tabular data from the Viam app using popular tools like Grafana.
Generic Service
A service that does not fit any of the other APIs.
Base Remote Control Service
The base remote control service allows you to remotely control a base with an input controller like a gamepad.
Teleoperate and navigate rovers
Use Viam to teleoperate and navigate rover bases.
Cartographer Modular Resource
Configure a Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) service with the Cartographer modular resource.
Configure Complex Kinematic Chains
How to write files defining kinematic parameters to configure intermediate reference frames for components with complex kinematic chains.
Modular Resource Examples
Tutorials and repositories with modular resources configuration examples.
Manage a fleet of machines
Use Viam’s fleet management capabilities to share and manage access to your machines.
Add a TensorFlow Lite Modular Service
Add an ML model modular-resource-based service which uses TensorFlow Lite to classify audio samples.
Advanced Modular Resources
Some usage may require you to define new APIs or deploy custom components using a server on a remote part
Use Computer Vision with the Vision Service
The vision service enables your machine to use its on-board cameras to intelligently see and interpret the world around it.
Extend Viam with Models from the Viam Registry
Add additional models of components and services or ML models from the Viam Registry, or extend Viam by creating new modular resources.
Data Management
Capture data from machines, sync it to the cloud, and access it and train image classification and object detection models on the data.
Machine Learning
Use Viam’s built-in machine learning capabilities to train image classification models and deploy these models to your machines.
Visualize Data With Grafana
Collect data from your machine or fleet and visualize it in Grafana.
Create a Facial Verification System
Create an alarm system that can detect people and can recognize faces, allowing it to smartly trigger alarms.
Pet Photographer: Create a Data Filtering Module
Use the filter modular component in the Viam app to photograph your pet in their collar.
Add Constraints and Transforms to a Motion Plan
Use constraints and transforms with the motion service.
Access and Move a Robot Arm
Access and control one of the most fundamental systems in robotics: A robotic arm.
Plan Motion with an Arm and a Gripper
Use the motion service to move robot arms and other components.
Detect color with a Viam Rover
Use the vision service in the Viam app to detect a color with the Viam Rover.
Build a Line Follower with a Rover and a Webcam
Build a line-following robot that relies on a webcam and color detection.
Follow a Colored Object with a Rover (like SCUTTLE)
Instructions for detecting and following a colored object with a rover, like a SCUTTLE robot.