In Progress

Garden Iron Dome: AI Deer Detection & Garden Defense

An NVIDIA Jetson Nano-based system that uses real-time computer vision to detect deer and protect the garden automatically.

2025 – Present AI / Hardware Solo Project
Python NVIDIA Jetson Nano Computer Vision Roboflow Object Detection Edge AI
Deer in the yard — the problem Garden Iron Dome solves

Overview

[Project description coming soon. This section will explain the motivation behind Garden Iron Dome — how deer regularly damage the garden and why an automated, AI-powered deterrent system is needed.]

How It Works

[This section will describe the technical pipeline — how a camera feeds live video to the Jetson Nano, which runs an object detection model trained on deer images via Roboflow, and triggers deterrent mechanisms when deer are detected.]

Technology Stack

Platform
NVIDIA Jetson Nano
Language
Python
CV Framework
Roboflow
Model Type
Object Detection (YOLO)
Camera
USB / CSI Camera Module
Deployment
Edge AI (On-device)

Current Progress

[This section will describe where the project currently stands — what has been built so far, what's being tested, and what milestones remain before the system is fully operational.]

What I'm Learning

[This section will reflect on lessons learned so far — working with edge computing hardware, training custom object detection models, deploying AI in outdoor environments, and handling real-world challenges like lighting changes and weather.]

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