Object DLC program for use in AUVSI SUAS 2018 Created by Hussein Hamdan

Finished 6/01/2018

Reuploaded 11/16/2018

Sources used:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134437/

https://www.pyimagesearch.com/

Purpose:

The original goal was to find targets from a autonmous drone in AUVSI SUAS 2018. Targets consisted of cardboard cutouts of different colors and shapes, and would be contained in pictures taken any where from ~150ft to 400ft in the air. Most targets were assumed to be on grass and tarmac backgrounds.

Footage of the drone in question (less boring than code): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SupRjSmOQ3I

I have since transfered from my original school to University At Buffalo after being accepted into their Computer Science program.