# Building GARUD, a Video-Powered Animal Tracking System for the NxEVOS Hackathon

DevFeed: [Building GARUD, a Video-Powered Animal Tracking System for the NxEVOS Hackathon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-one-where-brobots-won-3-5k-28538.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.amanjeet.me/the-one-where-brobots-won-3-5k/>)

Author: Amanjeet Singh Gurtatta

Published: 2025-06-07T16:01:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Amanjeet Singh](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/amanjeet-singh.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Hackathon](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hackathon.md>), [Robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/robotics.md>), [Computer vision](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-vision.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>)

Tags: [computer-vision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-vision.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboards.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [hackathon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hackathon.md>), [robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robotics.md>)

## AI overview

The article recounts how the authors returned to hackathons as working professionals and developed GARUD, a video-powered animal tracking system, for the NxEVOS Hackathon. The project was inspired by difficulties locating wildlife and was built using the NxEVOS video cloud platform.

## Source excerpt

The Hackathon Bond Jasmeet and I have always loved hackathons. Back in our college days, we collectively participated in over 20 hackathons. For me, they helped shape my early interest in Android development; for Jasmeet, it was robotics. In the beginning, we were just figuring out what we enjoyed --