Have you ever heard of YOLO?

If you’re a normal person, you may have heard of it as the saying: “You only live once :)”

But, if you’re a computer-geek or a hack clubber, you may have also heard it as “You Only Look Once”

However, what’s the difference?

Well, YOLO is an AI Software that is a real-time image detection algorithm. It’s kind of like a Mock-LiDAR in a sense. If you have a regular camera, it generally isn’t possible to have a sense of perception, unlike LiDAR, which fires lasers to have depth. Below is how I used YOLO in my project!

My project uses a Raspberry Pi camera from Waveshare, and a few ultrasonic(HC_SR04) sensors for distance detection. I used YOLO nano to take the readings from my dist. sensors and camera and know what exactly is in front of me, not just a “thing”.