Goal
My goal is to make an automated waste classifying trash can. This would reduce contamination rates and keep our landfills safe.
Progress
I’m almost done with the main component that will move the item(the platform).
Status
Today I finished the pulleys on each side of the platform to allow the platform to open to drop the item. I also worked on making a setup for making my own custom dataset to train my CNN on. A CNN is an ai model that can be trained on images and predict what is in the image.
To Do
I need to add a camera mount above the platform so I can have a fixed camera height. I need to add a mount to connect the gt2 belt to the platform so it can fully open the platform.