Teachable Machine is an AI that we trained for it to recognize the blue crab zoea. In order to achieve this, we first have to define classes: Blue Crab Zoea vs Other plankton. We then find multiple images (the more the better) and feed them to Teachable Machine, so that the AI can learn what are the characteristics of the Blue Crab Zoea.
The chosen images must be carefully curated. The background must be clear (just like our planktscope output), and there must be just one plankton visible on the image. It has to be in focus. The AI then trains itself and after that can differenciate between Blue Crab Zoeas and other plankton species.
This is a success! Our AI model can now be exported to be used with our Python pipeline.