Driving Trash Can

A trash can that follows trash thrown at it using motion planning, real-time object tracking, and a cool web dashboard :)

Installation

install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

• connect your camera and STM32 (for motor control). Start the app:

python object_tracker.py

open your browser: Go to http://localhost:5000 to see the dash

Dashboard features

• Live video feed from the robot
• Trajectory and motion plots
• System stats (FPS, tracking status, etc.)
• Logs of detections
• Controls to start/stop tracking and clear logs

wifi hotspot info (if running on rpi)

create wifi hotspot:

sudo nmcli dev wifi hotspot ifname wlan0 con-name trashcan-hotspot ssid TrashCanNet password 'trash1234'

ip addr show wlan0

site: http://10.42.0.1:5000

turn it off

sudo nmcli connection down trashcan-hotspot
sudo nmcli radio wifi off

turn it on

sudo nmcli radio wifi on
sudo nmcli connection up trashcan-hotspot