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Waste pollution is one of the most significant environmental issues in the modern world. The importance of recycling is well known, either for economic or ecological reasons, and the industry demands high efficiency. Our team conducted…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-21 Sylwia Majchrowska , Agnieszka Mikołajczyk , Maria Ferlin , Zuzanna Klawikowska , Marta A. Plantykow , Arkadiusz Kwasigroch , Karol Majek

Addressing the challenge of roadside litter in the United States, which has traditionally relied on costly and ineffective manual cleanup methods, this paper presents an autonomous multi-robot system for highway litter monitoring and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Lee Milburn , John Chiaramonte , Jack Fenton , Taskin Padir

Improper solid waste management represents both a serious threat to ecosystem health and a significant source of revenues for criminal organizations perpetrating environmental crimes. This issue can be mitigated thanks to the increasing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Federico Gibellini , Piero Fraternali , Giacomo Boracchi , Luca Morandini , Thomas Martinoli , Andrea Diecidue , Simona Malegori

Recognizing every person's action in a crowded and cluttered environment is a challenging task. In this paper, we propose a real-time action recognition method, Action4D, which gives reliable and accurate results in the real-world settings.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-08 Quanzeng You , Hao Jiang

Plastic has imbibed itself as an indispensable part of our day to day activities, becoming a source of problems due to its non-biodegradable nature and cheaper production prices. With these problems, comes the challenge of mitigating and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-01 Amardeep Singh , Charles Jia , Donald Kirk

Clutter in photos is a distraction preventing photographers from conveying the intended emotions or stories to the audience. Photography amateurs frequently include clutter in their photos due to unconscious negligence or the lack of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Xiaoran Wu

This paper introduces an active object detection and localization framework that combines a robust untextured object detection and 3D pose estimation algorithm with a novel next-best-view selection strategy. We address the detection and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-03-24 Marco Imperoli , Alberto Pretto

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

Waste is a wealth in a wrong place. Our research focuses on analyzing possibilities for automatic waste sorting and collecting in such a way that helps it for further recycling process. Various approaches are being practiced managing waste…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-17 Dipesh Gyawali , Alok Regmi , Aatish Shakya , Ashish Gautam , Surendra Shrestha

There are 50 billion pieces of litter in the U.S. alone. Grass fields contribute to this problem because picnickers tend to leave trash on the field. We propose building a robot that can autonomously navigate, identify, and pick up trash in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Christopher Kao , Akhil Pathapati , James Davis

Accurate waste disposal, at the point of disposal, is crucial to fighting climate change. When materials that could be recycled or composted get diverted into landfills, they cause the emission of potent greenhouse gases such as methane.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-18 Yash Narayan

Automatic detection of animals that have strayed into human inhabited areas has important security and road safety applications. This paper attempts to solve this problem using deep learning techniques from a variety of computer vision…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-15 Abhineet Singh , Marcin Pietrasik , Gabriell Natha , Nehla Ghouaiel , Ken Brizel , Nilanjan Ray

This paper presents the perception system of a new professional cleaning robot for large public places. The proposed system is based on multiple sensors including 3D and 2D lidar, two RGB-D cameras and a stereo camera. The two lidars…

Face detection is a long-standing challenge in the field of computer vision, with the ultimate goal being to accurately localize human faces in an unconstrained environment. There are significant technical hurdles in making these systems…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-03 Necdet Gurkan , Jordan W. Suchow

The research reported in this paper transforms a normal trash bin into a smarter one by applying computer vision technology. With the support of sensors and actuator devices, the trash bin can automatically classify garbage. In particular,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-16 Khang Nhut Lam , Nguyen Hoang Huynh , Nguyen Bao Ngoc , To Thi Huynh Nhu , Nguyen Thanh Thao , Pham Hoang Hao , Vo Van Kiet , Bui Xuan Huynh , Jugal Kalita

Automated image-based garbage classification is a critical component of global waste management; however, systematic benchmarks that integrate Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), and efficient hybrid solutions remain underdeveloped.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Ngoc-Bao-Quang Nguyen , Tuan-Minh Do , Cong-Tam Phan , Thi-Thu-Hong Phan

Segregation of garbage is a primary concern in many nations across the world. Even though we are in the modern era, many people still do not know how to distinguish between organic and recyclable waste. It is because of this that the world…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-25 Jash Shah , Sagar Kamat

Nowadays, proper urban waste management is one of the biggest concerns for maintaining a green and clean environment. An automatic waste segregation system can be a viable solution to improve the sustainability of the country and boost the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Md. Shahariar Nafiz , Shuvra Smaran Das , Md. Kishor Morol , Abdullah Al Juabir , Dip Nandi

The detection and characterization of illegal solid waste disposal sites are essential for environmental protection, particularly for mitigating pollution and health hazards. Improperly managed landfills contaminate soil and groundwater via…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-16 Piero Fraternali , Luca Morandini , Sergio Luis Herrera González

Recently, the use of smart cameras in outdoor settings has grown to improve surveillance and security. Nonetheless, these systems are susceptible to tampering, whether from deliberate vandalism or harsh environmental conditions, which can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Shadi Attarha , Kanaga Shanmugi , Anna Förster