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In the field of waste copper granules recycling, engineers should be able to identify all different sorts of impurities in waste copper granules and estimate their mass proportion relying on experience before rating. This manual rating…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-15 Kaikai Zhao , Yajie Cui , Zhaoxiang Liu , Shiguo Lian

Rapid economic growth gives rise to the urgent demand for a more efficient waste recycling system. This work thereby developed an innovative recycling bin that automatically separates urban waste to increase the recycling rate. We collected…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Xueying Li , Ryan Grammenos

Path loss prediction for wireless communications is highly dependent on the local environment. Propagation models including clutter information have been shown to significantly increase model accuracy. This paper explores the application of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Ryan Dempsey , Jonathan Ethier

Traditional electronic recycling processes suffer from significant resource loss due to inadequate material separation and identification capabilities, limiting material recovery. We present A.R.I.S. (Automated Recycling Identification…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Dhruv Talwar , Harsh Desai , Wendong Yin , Goutam Mohanty , Rafael Reveles

Rather than sending used containers and materials to the landfill, recycling can help lower the human impact on the environment. However, manually sorting the mixture of incoming material can be both costly and potentially harmful to the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-25 Tommy Albing , Rikard Nelander

In order to solve the recent defect in garbage classification - including low level of intelligence, low accuracy and high cost of equipment, this paper presents a series of methods in identification and judgment in intelligent garbage…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-26 Zizhe Wang , Shaomeng Shen , Jiabei Mu

Environmental pollution is a critical global issue, with recycling emerging as one of the most viable solutions. This study focuses on waste segregation, a crucial step in recycling processes to obtain raw material. Recent advancements in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Maimoona Jafar , Syed Imran Ali , Ahsan Saadat , Muhammad Bilal , Shah Khalid

The global waste crisis is escalating, with solid waste generation expected to increase tremendously in the coming years. Traditional waste collection methods, particularly in remote or harsh environments like deserts, are labor-intensive,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Abdulmumin Sa'ad , Sulaimon Oyeniyi Adebayo

Underwater pollution is one of today's most significant environmental concerns, with vast volumes of garbage found in seas, rivers, and landscapes around the world. Accurate detection of these waste materials is crucial for successful waste…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-21 UMMPK Nawarathne , HMNS Kumari , HMLS Kumari

The problem of segregating recyclable waste is fairly daunting for many countries. This article presents an approach for image based classification of plastic waste using one-shot learning techniques. The proposed approach exploits…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-30 Shivaank Agarwal , Ravindra Gudi , Paresh Saxena

Waste management is one of the significant problems throughout the world. Contemporaneous methods find it difficult to manage the volume of solid waste generated by the growing urban population. In this paper, we propose a system which is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-05 Siddhant Bansal , Seema Patel , Ishita Shah , Alpesh Patel , Jagruti Makwana , Rajesh Thakker

This paper presents methods to identify the plastic waste based on its resin identification code to provide an efficient recycling of post-consumer plastic waste. We propose the design, training and testing of different machine learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-17 Shivaank Agarwal , Ravindra Gudi , Paresh Saxena

Mobile sensing applications usually require time-series inputs from sensors. Some applications, such as tracking, can use sensed acceleration and rate of rotation to calculate displacement based on physical system models. Other…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-07-04 Shuochao Yao , Shaohan Hu , Yiran Zhao , Aston Zhang , Tarek Abdelzaher

As water pollution is a serious threat to underwater resources, i.e., underwater plants and species, we focus on protecting the resources by cleaning the non-biodegradable waste from the water. The waste can be recycled for further usage.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-09-02 Subhadeep Sahoo , Xiao Han Dong , Zi Qian Liu , Joydeep Sahoo

This study combines photo metadata and computer vision to quantify where uncollected litter is present. Images from the Trash Annotations in Context (TACO) dataset were used to teach an algorithm to detect 10 categories of garbage. Although…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Julian Hernandez , Clark Fitzgerald

This paper presents an enhanced waste classification framework based on EfficientNetV2 to address challenges in data acquisition cost, generalization, and real-time performance. We propose a Channel-Efficient Attention (CE-Attention) module…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Wenxuan Qiu , Chengxin Xie , Jingui Huang

Efficiently implementing remote sensing image classification with high spatial resolution imagery can provide a significant value in Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) classification. The new advances in remote sensing and deep learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Raoof Naushad , Tarunpreet Kaur , Ebrahim Ghaderpour

It is crucial today that economies harness renewable energies and integrate them into the existing grid. Conventionally, energy has been generated based on forecasts of peak and low demands. Renewable energy can neither be produced on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-02 Alexey Györi , Mathis Niederau , Violett Zeller , Volker Stich

Managing municipal solid waste in rapidly urbanizing Sub-Saharan Africa remains challenging due to dispersed informal dumping and limited high-resolution datasets for spatial monitoring. We present an open-access deep learning model for…

Laser cutting is a widely adopted technology in material processing across various industries, but it generates a significant amount of dust, smoke, and aerosols during operation, posing a risk to both the environment and workers' health.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Mohamed Abdallah Salem , Hamdy Ahmed Ashur , Ahmed Elshinnawy