Prototype system for automated sorting and removal of bags of hazardous waste

Ayanna M. Howard; George A. Bekey

doi:10.1117/12.256285

29 October 1996 Prototype system for automated sorting and removal of bags of hazardous waste

Ayanna M. Howard, George A. Bekey

Proceedings Volume 2904, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XV: Algorithms, Techniques,Active Vision, and Materials Handling; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256285
Event: Photonics East '96, 1996, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we present a low-cost vision based system for handling of hazardous waste in an unstructured environment. The prototype system described shows the feasibility of sorting and removal of randomly mixed and oriented flexible objects from a bin using inexpensive and widely available hardware. Our experiments show that the utilization of even the simplest constructs is sufficient for the manipulation of flexible objects.

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Ayanna M. Howard and George A. Bekey "Prototype system for automated sorting and removal of bags of hazardous waste", Proc. SPIE 2904, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XV: Algorithms, Techniques,Active Vision, and Materials Handling, (29 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256285

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