.. _cle-tutorials-custom-devices:

A custom device for reusable image processing
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.. todo:: Add author/responsible

Some applications are recurrent and could be reused among multiple applications. A typical application is
image recognition, i.e. how to *map* an image from the robot (typically in RGB) to a neuronal network. We assume that
the connection to the network is to some degree similar and so we want to create a common denominator to specify
such a connection only once and reuse it in multiple applications.

Custom devices provide a way for such a reusable connection.

Custom devices are devices with a custom algorithm to bind to a neuronal network. Unlike other devices that are connected to a neuronal network directly by the
brain communication adapter, custom devices provide their own logic on how they connect to a given set of neurons.

.. note:: We have not really used custom devices so far at this stage of the :abbr:`NRP (Neurorobotics Platform)` platform. We will add more documentation here as soon as we have done so.