Teaching my custom AI drone to track humans

I paired an NVIDIA Jetson Nano and an OAK-D Lite depth camera to allow my drone, Stanley, to follow me around!

This project has been a year in the making. In this episode, I cover details on the hardware I used, alongside the approaches I took in building the Python control code.

I really struggled to fit all the content in under 20 mins!

Make sure to check out the rest of the content in this series!

Part 1:    • My Raspberry Pi drone: the story so far  
Part 2:    • Stereo depth mapping with OpenCV and ...  
Part 3:    • You Only Look Once: object detection ...  
Part 4:    • Meet Stanley, my NVIDIA Jetson Nano d...  
Part 5: (this video)

Please feel free to ask any questions in the comments, and I'll try my best to answer!

😎 Social Stuff

Twitter:   / akamatchstic  
Patreon:   / akamatchstic  

🌐 Links

GitHub repository for my code
https://github.com/Matchstic/stanley

Jetson Nano GPS interference
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t...

Labforge Bottlenose
https://www.labforge.ca/features-bott...

DepthAI SDK
https://docs.luxonis.com/projects/sdk...

3D printed parts
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ip13e0wacf...

🎞️ Chapters

00:00 - Last time...
00:28 - Repairs
01:40 - Take to the skies
02:39 - The OAK-D Lite
04:58 - Virtual drones?
06:51 - Subsumption
08:25 - Setting up the Nano
10:19 - Gimbal time
11:30 - Full SITL test
12:40 - Flight one
13:50 - A descent into madness
15:24 - Let's try that again
15:49 - Test? Test.
19:12 - That's a wrap!

⚙️ Hardware

OAK-D Lite depth camera
https://docs.luxonis.com/projects/har...

NVIDIA Jetson Nano
https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded...

ℹ️ Attributions

THE Hasan
Ubuntu + Xbox Kinect 360 nite depth sensing visualization
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OpenCV AI
OpenCV AI Kit OAK-D-LITE Kickstarter Launch Video
   • OpenCV AI Kit OAK-D-LITE Kickstarter ...  

🎵 Music

Punch Deck - Neon Underworld
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DivKid - Icelandic Arpeggios
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Alex-Productions - Startup
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Punch Deck - Persistence
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Bensound - Summer
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TABAL - An Unknown Journey
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Corbyn Kites - Instant Crush
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Scott Buckley - The Things That Keep Us Here
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French Fuse - Depth Fuse
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Home - We're Finally Landing
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