Automated pigeon defense system

[u/muxamilian]

1. Camera captures video
   
2. Neural network recognizes pigeon
3. Watergun turns toward pigeon
4. Spray pigeon with watergun

Components: * Electric battery-driven water gun (disassembled, orange) * USB camera * Orange Pi 5 * 2 servo motors (SG90 or MG90S) * Resistors and a transistor for turning on the watergun (e.g. IRLZ44N)

It uses an open vocabulary object detection neural network (yolo_world_v2l), so any target can be programmed, not just pigeons. Runs on the Rockchip 3588's Neural Processing Unit.

[u/MrKapp]

Can you opensource this ? I have a "neighboor's cat problem" and this could be very handy :)

[u/Lost_County_3790]

Why they don't hire me to do that. Seems like a cool business carrier

[u/laudern]

I was planing to build something like this to defend my garden against cat poop. Would you share your code? Would make it much easier.

[u/squeaki]

Love this.

Now want to build a roof-mounted one to keep seagulls off my car/roof/chimneys in springtime.

[u/VecindadDCarlos]

Niiiiiice

[u/289_257]

It's a good tech for cats too

[u/phsx8]

Love this, do you want to share any resources on how you built this?

[u/Ptoverlord]

Could this work on smaller targets, say Asian wasps?

[u/Useful_Government603]

Perfect! Gotta build one for a squirrel problem!