A fierce man who developed a 'smart poop guide system' that shows a dog's poop with a laser and makes it easier to pick up appears
'Treatment of poop' is a problem that always accompanies dog breeding, and some owners say that they are pooping in the middle of a walk, while others say that they are pooping freely in the yard. I have. If you want to poop in the yard, the owner will have to pick up the poop later, but finding out where the poop is in the yard can be a hassle, or in the worst case, you can inadvertently step on the poop. To solve such a problem,
Smart Laser Helps Dog Owner Pick Up Forgotten Poop
https://gizmodo.com/dog-tech-smart-robot-laser-arm-poop-maker-security-came-1848974458
There are two videos posted by Olson, the first of which is about a system that 'AI can detect where a dog poops'.
Building an AI Dog Poop Detector for my Backyard --YouTube
Olson has a portrait of his dog 'Twinkie'.
Twinkie running through the snow.
Twinkie seems to be pooping in his yard ...
Olson said he was picking up the poop later. However, Twinkie poops around the garden, so if you take your eyes off for work, you won't know where the poop is in the garden, and you have to walk around to find it.
So Olson began to wonder if he could use a security camera installed in the yard to create a 'system that automatically detects where the poop is in the yard.'
Looking for an image recognition tool available on the Internet, Olson turned to a tool called '
The system devised by Olson does not find the position of the poop itself, but identifies the position of the poop by detecting the 'Twinkie's pooping posture'. Twinkie is usually walking around the garden freely, but ...
When pooping, he crouches down and takes a characteristic posture with his tail standing, and then rests on the spot for a while.
So Olson trained AI to identify only the Twinkie by mapping the characteristic spine and joint positions in the 'Twinkie pooping posture'.
AI scores 'possibility of pooping' based on various conditions, and if it exceeds a certain score, it is judged as 'pooping'.
By repeating training and feedback, AI has become able to detect Twinkie poop fairly accurately, whether it is midnight or a part of the body sticking out of the screen.
Of course, the AI won't be fooled if someone similar to Twinkie takes a similar pose.
The location where the Twinkie pooped is mapped on the screen ...
Olson can check the position of the poop from the screen of the smartphone.
I was able to pick up the poop smoothly without having to wander around the garden looking for poop.
However, Mr. Olson was not satisfied with the above system, and developed a 'smart poop guide system' that was improved so that the place where the poop is located can be displayed with a laser pointer, and the system is explained in the second video.
Last time, Olson created a system to detect where Twinkie pooped, but this system had one major problem.
'It's too annoying to pick up a poop while looking at the screen of your smartphone.'
Therefore, Olson decided to improve the system by referring to the opinion 'Why don't you show the location of the poop with a laser pointer?' On Reddit on the overseas bulletin board.
Purchase a cheap and programmable robot arm and install a laser pointer at its tip.
The pointer can be moved according to the program.
Olson used
The X-axis and Y-axis are detected from the image of the security camera, and the laser pointer can be applied to the specified location.
To start irradiating a laser pointer ...
All you have to do is pose 'X' toward the security camera.
Then, it will irradiate the nearest poop with a laser pointer.
When Olson detects the posture of picking up the poop, the laser pointer is applied to the next closest poop.
By repeating this, you can make a smooth 'poop-picking trip'.
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