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TLDR: If you are not a pro at arduino programming and troubleshooting peripheral sensors and integrating things like the esp32 with a camera module to communicate with your arduino. Run! This project is not for you. There is nothing easy about this project. Even with the help of ChatGPT it is a nightmare.I'm going to preface by saying I'm a machinist and I program a lot of machines, so I'm good at building stuff and I know my way around coding things for automation. That being said it was pretty easy to build even though the instructions are severely lacking.Where it really fell short is the programming instructions. They exist on a Google drive file with several sub files with even more sub files. They aren't organized in any sense of the word so sifting through trying to figure out what the next logical step is a nightmare.Most of the files are completely pointless and don't actually help at all. There are a lot of useless pdfs and other file types that don't pertain to this machine. There aren't any actual instructions to speak of only examples of use case scenarios, most of which don't explain how to do them only that you can.The esp32 needs to be flashed first of all, ok not a big deal. But troubleshooting is such a hassle, you have to remove the Bluetooth module everytime you update the code or it won't update correctly. Well the Bluetooth module is nearly impossible to access which gets really annoying having to disassemble and reassemble every time you need to adjust the code. This is insanity. The only way to deal with that is use some jumper wires for a temporary extension and have the module sit on the outside of the machine.After spending several hours, even with the help of ChatGPT I've only been able to make it go forward. Have not been able to get it to avoid obstacles or stop once it hits a wall. Not been able to view the camera, so I'm still not sure if it's working correctly for its other tasks. And have not been able to connect to the Bluetooth module because it doesn't appear to be working whatsoever. So far very disappointed in this product overall.