Screw It Right

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  Microwave image of screw in a wooden panel

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  Corresponding image of screw in wooden panel

How it works

Many times, after you screw a screw in place, you can inflict more damage when taking it out. However, oftentimes the error is not fatal and you can still hang the desired load from it without a problem. Using a microwave emission source and detector to identify the angle at which the target screw was screwed in place and, given the mechanical properties of the wall, we can calculate the total load which can be hung according to this angle.

Built With

• opencv
• python