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Fill level sensor DIY? 💧 Built it with a camera and Python! 📸 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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