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Design and Implementation of an Autonomous Vehicle for Waste Material Collection and Fire Detection
Summary
Researchers designed and tested an autonomous vehicle equipped with machine learning vision algorithms to detect and collect plastic bottle waste and identify fires in simulated urban environments, demonstrating that off-the-shelf hardware paired with computer vision can effectively automate waste removal and fire detection tasks.
Autonomous vehicles are becoming increasingly popular in a variety of applications, including waste collection and fire detection. In this work, we present the design and implementation of an autonomous vehicle for these tasks in urban environments. The vehicle is equipped with sensors and control algorithms to navigate, detect and collect plastic bottle wastes, and detect fires in real-time. The system uses an off-the-shelf, small-sized, battery-operated vehicle, a simple conveyor belt, and a vision-based, computerized system. Machine learning (ML-) based vision tasks are implemented to direct the vehicle to waste locations and initiate the waste removal process. A fire detection and alarm system are also incorporated, using a camera and machine learning algorithms to detect flames automatically. The vehicle was tested in a simulated urban environment, and the results demonstrate its effectiveness in waste material collection and fire detection. The proposed system has the potential to improve the efficiency and safety of such tasks in urban areas.