Object detection system capable of controlling the position of a servo motor by image procesing, using OpenCV, Python and an ESP32 micro-controller. The goal is to develop a system capable of moving a servo motor depending of the object's position being tracked.
First the program gets the center of the object being tracked (see the 🟦 dot), in order to trigger an action whether the center point is in the left, center or right division.
Therefore, if the object is on center section, the servo motor moves 90°, if it is on the left section it will move 180° and 0° on the right one:
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Currently, the Python program is just capable of detecting and tracking things with certain colours, for example green objects.
- Use a cellphone for object detection. Currently the Python program uses the laptop camara; using a cellphone camara will improve the frames's quality and the scability of the application.
- Add other ways of object recognition. At the moment the application just uses a basic mask color detection to track the objects; the next goal is to detect specific objects, like books, persons, or a football ball.
This repo is being develop, it will be updated with the latest upgrades.
Drop a ⭐ if you are interested!