BlueBagEdgeAI ♻️🤖

A weekend hobby project blending Edge AI, IoT, and recycling, inspired by Luxembourg’s blue ValorLux recycling bags 🇱🇺.

BlueBagEdgeAI uses an ESP32-CAM and YOLOv11n to run real-time object detection locally, no cloud required. Perfect for learning, tinkering, and exploring AI at the edge.

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Features

• Detect recyclable items in real-time
• Edge AI inference on low-power hardware
• Modular and simple setup for experimentation
• Open source: tweak, learn, or expand

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Setups

• Computer: README.md
• Raspberry PI: coming...

Camera Setup (all envs)

For a step-by-step guide on how to upload code to the ESP32-CAM using Arduino IDE, watch a YouTube tutorial.

Long video:

How to setup and use ESP32 Cam with Micro USB WiFi Camera

Contain links to buy the ESP32-CAM on amazon.

Short video:

Install the ESP32 Board in Arduino IDE in less than 1 minute (Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux)

This will show:

• How to connect the ESP32-CAM (USB-TTL or ESP32-CAM-MB)

• How to put the board in upload mode

• How to flash the CameraWebServer example

📸 Camera Cable Warning (READ THIS)

If the camera does not work, check the flat cable first.

• The cable must be fully inserted

• The blue side of the cable must face the Wi-Fi antenna

• A loose or reversed cable will cause camera errors (for example: 0x106)

👉 Most ESP32-CAM camera problems are caused by a badly connected cable.