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Fill level sensor DIY? ๐Ÿ’ง Built it with a camera and Python! ๐Ÿ“ธ Camera sees the bottle. YOLO detects it in real-time. HSV reads the liquid height by analyzing color. Angle correction handles tilted bottles because conveyors never have perfectly upright containers. Quite a cost-effective way of automating stuff....

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