I explored the idea of running object detection on the microcontroller itself. I explored the following libraries –
- Tensorflow Lite
- ESP WHO
- Eloquent
Conclusion –
- I found the TensorFlow lite library extremely unstable. There are many bugs in the repo. I was not able to build a single example
- The framework is currently underdeveloped. Also, the documentation is still under development
- Eloquent libraries work as a wrapper around Tensorflow Lite. I found this library to be extremely reliable. I was able to build a simple pipeline using the library. The library can also convert sklearn models into C model files which can be used to program microcontrollers