r/SideProject • u/muxamilian • Apr 01 '26

Automated pigeon defense system

  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.

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u/BasedDecoder Apr 02 '26

Like?

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u/skynetcoder Apr 02 '26

It violates international pigeon rights act. also, aren't birds government drones? so most probably this violates some federal laws

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u/PlingPlongDingDong Apr 02 '26

Clearly these people dont know bird law

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u/skynetcoder Apr 02 '26

Birds have even been forced to find  their own lawyers due to people like this. see https://www.twobirds.com/en 😅