MILO

Boost Me🚀 Help MILO Reach More Makers MILO is a camera that moves with you. 🤖📷 If you like robotics, 3D printing and creative cinematography, give the project a boost! Your support helps this experimental camera companion reach more makers and inspires me to build MILO V2.A camera that moves with you. We have always carried our cameras. In our hands. On our phones. Strapped to our bodies. But what if the camera didn't have to be carried? What if it could move? What if it could follow? What if, instead of being something you operate, it became something that accompanies you? That question became the starting point for VYRA. VYRA is a compact mobile camera companion designed to give movement to the camera itself. At just 213 mm tall, it occupies a space somewhere between an object, a machine and a small companion. Its two-wheel drive system allows it to move through space, while its elevated camera position gives it a perspective of its own. The body was deliberately shaped as a soft, quiet silhouette — minimal in form, rounded at the edges and stripped of unnecessary visual complexity. The intention was never to make another robot. It was to make something that feels alive without pretending to be alive. A camera that can look. A machine that can follow. An object that can move toward you. THE IDEA MILO explores a simple shift in the relationship between a person and a camera: Instead of bringing the camera with you, let the camera come with you. The prototype can be controlled wirelessly through a smartphone, allowing the user to move and position the camera remotely. From there, the concept expands. MILO is envisioned as an intelligent camera companion capable of understanding its surroundings, recognising its subject and following movement autonomously. The current prototype establishes the physical language and mechanical foundation for that future. The intelligence comes later. The personality begins with movement. A SOFT MACHINE The design deliberately avoids the visual language of conventional robotics. There are no exposed mechanical assemblies dominating the silhouette. No aggressive angles. No unnecessary detailing. Instead, the outer shell acts almost like a skin, concealing the electronics and mechanical system beneath it. The camera head floats above the body, separated by a small articulated neck. This creates a subtle visual hierarchy: body → movement → camera → attention. The result is intentionally simple. Almost quiet. Almost curious. A CAMERA WITH ITS OWN POINT OF VIEW The camera is no longer fixed to a tripod. It has a body. It has wheels. It has a direction. And therefore, it has a point of view. MILO can be positioned remotely, allowing the camera to move closer, follow behind, capture from a lower perspective or simply remain with its subject. When paired with an Insta360 camera, the platform becomes even more interesting — the robot itself becomes a moving cinematography tool capable of capturing perspectives that would otherwise require a person to operate the camera. THE TECHNOLOGY Underneath the soft exterior is a deliberately compact robotic system built around accessible components: ESP32-S3 L298N motor driver 2 × 12V DC motors 3 × 4.2V lithium-ion cells 3S 12.6V Type-C charging module Push-button power switch LED indicator The electronics were kept modular and accessible, allowing the prototype to evolve alongside the physical design. The complexity stays inside. The outside stays quiet. FROM OBJECT TO COMPANION The ultimate idea behind MILO is not simply autonomous photography. It is the relationship created when an object begins to move with you. A camera normally waits for its user. MILO changes that relationship. It can leave its position. Cross the room. Follow a subject. Turn toward an interesting moment. And eventually, understand where it should be without being told. The prototype is the first physical exploration of that idea. A small machine built around a very human desire: to capture the moments we are too busy living to film ourselves. MILO See differently. Move freely. Capture without carrying.