Autonomous Pet Entertainment System (APES)

An autonomous pet toy to keep your furry friend entertained and exercised.





The Autonomous Pet Entertainment System aims to help those of us who have pets that require more attention than we can afford to give them. This is achieved through the use of advanced laser technology to both entertain pets and navigate through most indoor environments. Our self-driving entertainment platform uses a camera to track the pet and keep a laser pointer away from it along with navigational sensors to avoid obstacles while moving about a room. By combining technologies from multiple on the market toys, we have created a device with no equal.


Nathan Anthony

Electrical Engineering

  • PCB Design and Fabrication
  • Chassis Design and Fabrication
  • Navigation Algorithm Development

Cameron Alexander

Computer Engineering

  • Lead Software Designer
  • Computer Vision
  • Linux Management
  • OpenCV/TensorFlow Implementation

Ricardo Serrano

Photonics Science and Engineering

  • Laser Rangefinder Development

Naim El-Nil

Photonics Science and Engineering

  • Show Laser Development


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