This has been an interesting challenge, and it was fun learning about machine language models, using open MV and Edge Impulse, and playing with an artistically created stunt bee and hornet.
We originally set out to use computer vision to detect bees…
Having successfully built and tested all of the pieces of this project while connected to my computer, it is now time to try running it stand-alone.
We can actually run anywhere where we can plug it in and connect to WiFi, but for ease of testing I…
Now that we have our "real" bee and hornet ready for showtime, I had to rebuild the Edge Impulse model from scratch using pictures of the new characters.
The cast is ready for action!
Behind the scenes on the set:
I took about 50 images each of…
Hello!
I am happy to be part of this challenge, and also very happy that my wife will be adding her artistic inputs to make this an even more fun project
The project kit we were sent for this challenge includes an Arduino MKR WAN 1310 and a Nicla…
As the bee detector is intended for use in the field, it will be best if we can use some sort of wireless connectivity to pass the information along to a central server, ideally allowing us to view results from anywhere using a browser.
The MKR WAN…
After getting all of the initial bits set up while at my desk, I was unfortunately unable to reach any LoraWan gateway on The Things Network.
Given that I was testing it at my desk indoors, I knew that this wasn’t the optimal situation. So I decided…
Thank you to everyone for your helpful advice on my previous blog post !
I've come to the conclusion that The Things Network is still relatively new and not quite widespread enough to just connect to it from anywhere. So, as is often the case in the…
After my failed attempts at trying to make a LoraWan connection to The Things Network, I thought I'd trying failing at something new next
So I pulled out the Nicla Vision board and decided to give it a try!
The Nicla Vision board is made by Arduino…
I thought I'd give machine vision and identification on the Nicla Vision another try, as last time things went terribly wrong, with unicorns everywhere!
This time I focused on just identifying rubber duckies, without confusing the model with the added…
Up to this point, I haven't had much luck properly identifying my ducks. Mostly my issues have come from random other things being classified as the objects I'm looking for. In my first attempt it was spotting unicorns everywhere, which I think is because…
As there is always the chance of a false positive, I thought it would be a good idea to keep the images whenever a hornet was detected, so they can be reviewed by a person.
I found a few articles on how to use MQTT to receive image data into Node Red…
This is the moment we've all been waiting for: it's the unveiling of the much more bee-like and much more hornet-like art stand-ins for our project!!
Say hello to our little bee:
And...
Say hellloooo to our little friend, the murder hornet!…
In my previous blog post, I was able to successfully detect ducks, as well as successfully not detecting ducks where there were none. I think I mentioned that I would need some artistic intervention to get some bees and hornets made up. My skillset doesn…
