Object Detection for Plastic Water Bottle

[Maaz0070]

Issue Summary

For URC 2024, The rover must have object detection functionality to autonomously locate a standard 1-liter plastic water bottle of unspecified color and markings using OpenCV or other and python

Issue Description

One of the objects that participating rovers need to detect and approach is a standard 1-liter plastic water bottle. This bottle may vary in color and markings.

Feature Requirements

The feature should include:

1. Object Detection: Accurate and reliable detection of a 1-liter plastic water bottle.
2. GNSS Integration: Integration of GNSS coordinates for precise bottle localization. The rover should be able to determine the distance to the bottle in terms of [lat, long] and command the rover to drive up to it(similar to implementation in Aruco detector)

Acceptance Criteria

1. Successful detection and approach of the 1-liter plastic water bottle within a specified radius.
2. Accurate GNSS localization of the bottle.

References

• University Rover Challenge (URC) Guidelines

[chrehall68]

While we will need to have a feature similar to this for URC 2025, this specific feature is stale.