Creating a Smart Dustbin but stuck in detecting a mix of wet and dry waste?
A sensor or camera detects when a user approaches to dispose of an item. The system performs an initial visual scan to analyze the waste. If it detects a mixture of both wet and dry waste, even if it is inside a plastic bag, the lid will not open. For acceptable waste (either entirely wet or entirely dry), the main lid unlocks, granting access to the next stage.
After the first lid opens, the user places the waste onto a secondary internal platform. An array of moisture sensors on this platform then determines if the item is wet or dry. Based on the data from the moisture sensors, a servo motor is activated. The servo motor rotates the platform or a flap, directing the waste into its designated internal compartment for either wet or dry collection.
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* If it detects a mixture of both wet and dry waste, even if it is inside a plastic bag*
no way to do this 🤷
;-;
What about using weight and volume sensors combined with trained vision camera
Like as a test if we use a filled coke and plastic bag
The camera can possibly assume the empty weight of a coke can but when checked by weight sensors it could result opposite both don’t match and the lid won’t open?
And for plastic bag wet waste inside may shows the plastic bag darker than usual
So if we could do something about it?
This is a project in my subject called creative innovation and thinking this is what we came with and now we are stuck ;-;
I am afraid that you have moved your project beyond the capabilities of present hardware - especially esp32/arduino
There is no real differentiation beween a heavy bag of dry items and a heavy bag of wet items.
Oh ;-;
Do you have any other project suggestions….it has to be innovative or innovative add ons to existing creations….
We have already been rejected for couple other ideas and this was selected but sir doesn’t have faith in this either ðŸ˜
Post on #project-ideas and ask
Oh okay