📰 External references

# 👁️🤖 HuskyLens2MCP

Command-line AI interface for the HUSKYLENS 2 MCP Server using Python and Google Gemini.

HuskyLens2MCP connects a DFRobot HUSKYLENS 2 AI Vision Sensor directly to Google Gemini through the camera's built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server.

The project provides a lightweight Python command-line client that can query the camera, switch vision algorithms, capture photos, retrieve recognition results, and combine those results with an LLM for natural-language visual reasoning.

Instead of sending the complete camera stream to Gemini, the client retrieves structured recognition data from HUSKYLENS 2 and gives that information to Gemini for interpretation.

✨ Features

👁️ Connects directly to the HUSKYLENS 2 MCP Server
🤖 Google Gemini integration
🧠 Uses gemini-2.5-flash for reasoning
📡 Network communication over Wi-Fi
🔌 MCP over SSE and JSON-RPC
📋 Lists available HUSKYLENS algorithms
🔎 Shows the currently active algorithm
🔄 Switches vision algorithms from the terminal
👀 Retrieves real-time recognition results
💬 Ask natural-language questions about what the sensor sees
📝 Generate natural-language descriptions of recognition data
📸 Trigger photo capture remotely
🐍 Pure Python client
📜 MIT licensed

🧠 Why MCP?

MCP — Model Context Protocol provides a standardized way for AI applications to interact with external tools and data sources.

HUSKYLENS 2 includes an MCP Server that exposes parts of the camera as callable tools.

Instead of building a custom API for every vision feature, an external program can interact with operations such as:

get_recognition_result
manage_applications
multimedia_control
task_scheduler

This project implements a Python client for that server and adds Gemini as a reasoning layer.

⚙️ Architecture

┌──────────────────────────────┐
│       HUSKYLENS 2            │
│                              │
│ • Object Recognition         │
│ • Face Recognition           │
│ • Object Tracking            │
│ • OCR                        │
│ • Pose Recognition           │
│ • Custom models              │
│ • Other vision algorithms    │
│                              │
│        MCP Server            │
└──────────────┬───────────────┘
               │
               │ Wi-Fi
               │ SSE + JSON-RPC
               ▼
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│     huskyMcpChat.py          │
│                              │
│ • MCP client                 │
│ • Algorithm control          │
│ • Recognition retrieval      │
│ • Photo commands             │
│ • CLI                        │
└──────────────┬───────────────┘
               │
               │ Recognition JSON
               ▼
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│      Google Gemini           │
│      gemini-2.5-flash        │
│                              │
│ • Interpretation             │
│ • Natural-language answers   │
│ • Contextual reasoning       │
└──────────────────────────────┘

This architecture combines two different types of AI:

HUSKYLENS 2

Specialized computer vision
↓
Detects what is in the scene

Gemini

Language + reasoning
↓
Interprets what the detections mean

👁️ Recognition + reasoning

For a command such as:

ask Is there anything dangerous on the table?

the workflow is:

Camera
  ↓
HUSKYLENS recognition algorithm
  ↓
Structured recognition data
  ↓
Python MCP client
  ↓
Gemini
  ↓
Natural-language answer

The Python client explicitly instructs Gemini to answer based on the sensor evidence provided to it.

This makes it possible to transform low-level recognition output into more useful questions such as:

ask Is there a person?

ask What objects are visible?

ask Is the person standing near the table?

The quality of the answer ultimately depends on the recognition data returned by the currently selected HUSKYLENS algorithm.

🧰 Requirements

Hardware

DFRobot HUSKYLENS 2
Computer capable of running Python
Wi-Fi network accessible by both devices

HUSKYLENS 2 product information:

DFRobot HUSKYLENS 2

Official documentation:

HUSKYLENS 2 Wiki

Software

Python 3
aiohttp
google-genai
Google Gemini API key

Install the Python dependencies:

pip install aiohttp google-genai

🔑 Gemini API key

Create a Gemini API key using Google AI Studio:

Google AI Studio — API Keys

The current script expects the key in:

GEMINI_API_KEY = ""

Example:

GEMINI_API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

🔐 Do not publish or commit a real API key to a public repository.

📡 Configure HUSKYLENS 2

1. Update the firmware

The original project was developed using MCP-capable HUSKYLENS 2 firmware starting with version:

1.1.6

The latest firmware and update instructions are available from:

HUSKYLENS 2 Firmware / Documentation

Firmware compatibility note

DFRobot community reports later identified MCP problems with firmware 1.2.1, including algorithm-switching and recognition-data errors.

DFRobot subsequently stated that firmware 1.2.2 fixes MCP instability issues and adds additional tools.

If you encounter unexpected MCP errors, update to a current firmware release and consult the latest DFRobot documentation.

2. Connect HUSKYLENS 2 to Wi-Fi

On the camera:

Open Settings.
Configure Wi-Fi.
Connect to your local network.
Enable the MCP Server.

Official MCP documentation:

HUSKYLENS 2 MCP Server — DFRobot Wiki

3. Get the MCP Server address

When MCP is enabled, HUSKYLENS displays the server address.

It typically uses port:

For example:

http://192.168.1.100:3000

🚀 Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ronibandini/HuskyLens2MCP.git
cd HuskyLens2MCP

Install dependencies:

pip install aiohttp google-genai

Open:

huskyMcpChat.py

and configure:

GEMINI_API_KEY = "YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY"
SERVER_URL = "http://192.168.1.100:3000"

Replace the IP address with the address displayed by your HUSKYLENS 2.

Then run:

python huskyMcpChat.py

💻 Command-line interface

After connecting successfully, the client displays:

========================================
 Huskylens2 MCP Command Line
 Roni Bandini 11/2025
 MIT License
========================================
 1. list : List algorithms
 2. current : Show active algorithm
 3. switch <Algorithm> : Switch algorithm
 4. ask <Question> : Ask AI about the view
 5. see : General AI description
 6. photo : Take photo
 7. exit : Quit
----------------------------------------

📋 Commands

`list`

Retrieve the algorithms available on HUSKYLENS 2:

list

Internally this calls:

manage_applications
operation: application_list

`current`

Show the active vision algorithm:

current

Internally:

manage_applications
operation: current_application

`switch`

Switch the active computer-vision algorithm:

switch FaceRecognition

Internally:

manage_applications
operation: switch_application

The exact algorithm name should match one returned by:

list

`ask`

Ask Gemini a question using the current HUSKYLENS recognition results as context:

ask Is there a person?

Another example:

ask Is there anything dangerous on the table?

The client first calls:

get_recognition_result
operation: get_result

and then passes the returned recognition data together with the question to Gemini.

`see`

Generate a short natural-language description of the current recognition result:

see

or:

look

The script retrieves the current sensor data and asks Gemini to briefly describe what is visible.

`photo`

Trigger a photo capture:

photo

or:

snap

Internally:

multimedia_control
operation: take_photo

The image is stored in the HUSKYLENS internal memory.

`exit`

Close the MCP connection and terminate the client:

exit

or:

quit

🔌 MCP implementation

The project does not require a third-party MCP client library.

huskyMcpChat.py implements the required communication directly using aiohttp.

It opens the HUSKYLENS SSE endpoint:

/sse

The server responds with a session-specific message endpoint similar to:

/message?session_id=...

Requests are then sent as JSON-RPC messages.

The client initializes the MCP session using protocol version:

2024-11-05

with:

{
  "method": "initialize",
  "clientInfo": {
    "name": "HuskyLens-Py",
    "version": "1.2.0"
  }
}

This makes the repository useful not only as a HUSKYLENS example but also as a compact reference for implementing a simple MCP client manually.

🛠️ HUSKYLENS MCP tools

The original project documents four important MCP tools.

`get_recognition_result`

Retrieves real-time recognition data.

Typical operation:

get_result

Useful for:

object recognition
face recognition
visual reasoning
natural-language descriptions

`manage_applications`

Controls the computer-vision algorithms running on HUSKYLENS.

Operations documented by the project include:

current_application
application_list
switch_application

`multimedia_control`

Controls multimedia functions.

The project currently uses:

take_photo

`task_scheduler`

HUSKYLENS also exposes scheduled or triggered tasks.

Examples include concepts such as:

Take a picture after 3 seconds

or:

Take a picture when you see a keyboard

The current command-line interface does not expose a dedicated scheduler command, but the MCP tool is documented by the project and provides an interesting path for future development.

HUSKYLENS firmware has continued evolving since this project's original release, so newer versions may expose additional MCP capabilities.

🤖 Gemini integration

The project uses:

gemini-2.5-flash

through Google's current Python SDK:

from google import genai

The basic flow is:

self.client.models.generate_content(
    model='gemini-2.5-flash',
    contents=prompt
)

For ask, Gemini receives:

SENSOR DATA
+
USER QUESTION
+
INSTRUCTIONS

For see, it receives:

SENSOR DATA
+
DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS

The prompt tells Gemini to rely on the supplied sensor evidence and to mention cases where the data is empty or confidence is low.

📁 Repository structure

HuskyLens2MCP/
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
└── huskyMcpChat.py

`huskyMcpChat.py`

Contains:

asynchronous HTTP communication
SSE listener
JSON-RPC handling
MCP session initialization
MCP tool calls
recognition-data extraction
Gemini API integration
interactive command-line interface

🔬 Ideas for extending the project

🖼️ Multimodal image reasoning — retrieve captured images and optionally send the actual frame to a multimodal model alongside HUSKYLENS structured recognition data.
⏰ Expose task_scheduler in the CLI — add commands for conditional and scheduled actions such as capturing a photo when a particular object or person is recognized.
🔐 Externalize configuration — load the Gemini key and MCP address from environment variables or a .env file instead of storing credentials inside the Python source.

📰 External references

HuskyLens2MCP has been documented, indexed, and discussed outside GitHub.

🛠️ Project tutorials

Hackster.io

HuskyLens 2 Model Context Protocol (MCP)

The complete Hackster tutorial explains the motivation for connecting the HUSKYLENS 2 MCP Server directly to Gemini from Python.

It covers:

firmware setup
MCP activation
Gemini configuration
Python client setup
algorithm switching
photo capture
visual queries
combined LLM reasoning
HUSKYLENS MCP tools

The Hackster project links directly to this GitHub repository.

DFRobot Maker Community

Huskylens2 MCP with Python and Gemini LLM

DFRobot's Maker Community hosts a complete version of the project tutorial.

It covers the HUSKYLENS 2 firmware setup, Gemini API configuration, MCP Server, command-line client, visual reasoning examples, and MCP tools.

The article explicitly links to:

github.com/ronibandini/HuskyLens2MCP

DFRobot HUSKYLENS project collection

HUSKYLENS Projects — DFRobot Maker Community

The project is also indexed in DFRobot's HUSKYLENS project collection as:

Huskylens2 MCP with Python and Gemini LLM

✍️ Medium

Roni Bandini

Línea de comandos para el MCP de la cámara Huskylens2

Spanish-language article about interacting with the HUSKYLENS 2 MCP Server through a command-line Python client and Gemini.

This is also the article linked from the GitHub repository's About section.

📚 Useful documentation

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Other projects by Roni Bandini involving AI interfaces, computer vision, LLMs, and physical computing.

📚🤖 Gemini for Kindle

Run Google Gemini directly from a jailbroken Kindle Paperwhite.

Another minimalist command-line interface for Gemini, implemented using BusyBox, Bash, KTerm, curl, and the Gemini API.

github.com/ronibandini/GeminiForKindle

🗂️👁️ PunchedCards

Punched-card recognition with computer vision, Edge Impulse, and LattePanda IOTA.

Like HuskyLens2MCP, this project combines a dedicated computer-vision system with a lightweight software layer for interpreting physical objects.

github.com/ronibandini/PunchedCards

🖥️🤖 n8n Terminal

Physical buttons and a dedicated screen for n8n workflows and AI agents.

Another experiment in moving AI interactions away from conventional desktop interfaces and into dedicated physical hardware.

github.com/ronibandini/n8nTerminal

🔐 Security

The current implementation stores the Gemini API key directly in the Python script:

GEMINI_API_KEY = ""

For private experiments this is simple, but avoid committing a configured key to GitHub.

For a more robust implementation, use:

environment variables
.env files excluded through .gitignore
an operating-system credential store

The HUSKYLENS MCP Server should also be treated as a network-accessible control interface. Use it on networks you trust and review the current DFRobot security guidance before exposing the service beyond a local LAN.

📜 License

HuskyLens2MCP is released under the MIT License.

See LICENSE for details.

👤 Author

Roni Bandini

Maker, AI developer, electronic artist and writer.

🐙 GitHub: @ronibandini
📸 Instagram: @ronibandini
🐦 X: @RoniBandini
✍️ Medium: bandini.medium.com
🛠️ Hackster: Roni Bandini

Contributions, forks, MCP experiments, alternative LLM integrations, and new HUSKYLENS tools are welcome.

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✨ Features

🧠 Why MCP?

⚙️ Architecture

👁️ Recognition + reasoning

🧰 Requirements

Hardware

Software

🔑 Gemini API key

📡 Configure HUSKYLENS 2

1. Update the firmware

Firmware compatibility note

2. Connect HUSKYLENS 2 to Wi-Fi

3. Get the MCP Server address

🚀 Installation

💻 Command-line interface

📋 Commands

list

current

switch

ask

see

photo

exit

🔌 MCP implementation

🛠️ HUSKYLENS MCP tools

get_recognition_result

manage_applications

multimedia_control

task_scheduler

🤖 Gemini integration

📁 Repository structure

huskyMcpChat.py

🔬 Ideas for extending the project

📰 External references

🛠️ Project tutorials

Hackster.io

DFRobot Maker Community

DFRobot HUSKYLENS project collection

✍️ Medium

Roni Bandini

📚 Useful documentation

🔗 You may also be interested in...

📚🤖 Gemini for Kindle

🗂️👁️ PunchedCards

🖥️🤖 n8n Terminal

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