I had a plan for a hands free animatronic control system that tracks the operator's facial movements and replicates them on a robotic skull. However, solving the problem of eye movement has been tough, so I was considering using an eye tracking program to detect eye and eyelid movement (looking around, blinking, squinting, etc). Finding resources has been tough, but this video is basically what I want to achieve (except I want to use animatronic eyes instead of digital). Also, due to limitations in the design, a PC or desktop computer can't be used for aid in eye tracking. Is my idea possible, and what would I need to start building something like this?
Would a Raspberry Pi or similar be acceptable?
Sure! I just need the controller to be able to do what I mentioned. Do you have something in mind?
No - just trying to see what is acceptable to your application.
Try putting something like "Rapsberry Pi Eye Tracking" into your favourite internet search engine...
eg, Rapsberry Pi Eye Tracking - Google Search
In fact, as an RPi is just a Linux computer, you might omit the "Raspberry Pi" from that ...
I’ll take a look, thanks. I’m trying to design something slightly more advanced than the average eye tracker, with squinting as well, so this looks like a good place to start.