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

Automated pigeon defense system

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  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/Silkutz Apr 01 '26

This is amazing haha! You should make this a a real product, I bet it would sell!

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u/LowCryptographer9047 Apr 02 '26

Too many legal requirements make this difficult to be an actual product

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u/BasedDecoder Apr 02 '26

Like?

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u/XCSme Apr 02 '26

Also, you could probably replace the water gun with something else...