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Object Following Robot using Arduino and PixyCam

Hey all,

I am trying to build a following object robot with arduino and Pixy 2.
I used the this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_krOCBk1DE&ab_channel=Murtaza'sWorkshop-RoboticsandAI
And the code (below).I have the same parts like in this video and I use 8.4v 350 mah battery.
The thing is that I connected everything correctly (I am 100% sure !) and the robot is now following anything. When the camera detects the object, the robot just going straight and than make circle ccw.
The camera is working well because I can see the details on the serial monitor.
I replaced camera, motors driver and I got the same result…
I will be happy if someone will be able to help me. Thank you

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Pixy2.h>
Pixy2 pixy;

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// ENA IN1 IN2 IN3 IN4 ENB
int myPins[6] = {5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
float deadZone = 0.15;
int baseSpeed = 130;

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

int cont = 0;
int signature, x, y, width, height;
float cx, cy, area;

void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.print(“Starting…n”);
pixy.init();
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
pinMode(myPins[i], OUTPUT);
pixy.setLamp(1, 1);

}
}

void loop() {
float turn = pixyCheck();
if (turn > -deadZone && turn < deadZone) {
turn = 0;
}
if (turn < 0) {
moveRobot(-80, 170);
}
else if (turn > 0) {
moveRobot(170, -80);
}
else {
moveRobot(100, 100);
}
delay(2);
}

float pixyCheck() {
static int i = 0;
int j;
uint16_t blocks;
char buf[32];
// grab blocks!
blocks =pixy.ccc.getBlocks();

// If there are detect blocks, print them!
if (blocks)
{
signature = pixy.ccc.blocks[0].m_signature;
height = pixy.ccc.blocks[0].m_height;
width = pixy.ccc.blocks[0].m_width;
x = pixy.ccc.blocks[0].m_x;
y = pixy.ccc.blocks[0].m_y;
cx = (x + (width / 2));
cy = (y + (height / 2));
cx = mapfloat(cx, 0, 320, -1, 1);
cy = mapfloat(cy, 0, 200, 1, -1);
area = width * height;

        Serial.print("sig: ");
        Serial.print(signature);
        Serial.print(" x:");
        Serial.print(x);
        Serial.print(" y:");
        Serial.print(y);
        Serial.print(" width: ");
        Serial.print(width);
        Serial.print(" height: ");
        Serial.print(height);
        Serial.print(" cx: ");
        Serial.print(cx);
        Serial.print(" cy: ");
        Serial.println(cy);

}
else {
cont += 1;
if (cont == 100) {
cont = 0;
cx = 0;
}
}
return cx;
}

float mapfloat(long x, long in_min, long in_max, long out_min, long out_max)
{
return (float)(x - in_min) * (out_max - out_min) / (float)(in_max - in_min) + out_min;
}

void moveRobot(int leftSpeed, int rightSpeed)
{
if (leftSpeed >= 0) {
digitalWrite(myPins[1], 0);
digitalWrite(myPins[2], 1);
}
else {
digitalWrite(myPins[1], 1);
digitalWrite(myPins[2], 0);
}

if (rightSpeed >= 0) {
digitalWrite(myPins[3], 0);
digitalWrite(myPins[4], 1);
}
else {
digitalWrite(myPins[3], 1);
digitalWrite(myPins[4], 0);
}

analogWrite(myPins[0], abs(leftSpeed));
analogWrite(myPins[5], abs(rightSpeed));
}

Can you solve the problem @Roee