Computer vision for solid waste sorting: A critical review of academic research

W Lu, J Chen - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Waste sorting is highly recommended for municipal solid waste (MSW) management.
Increasingly, computer vision (CV), robotics, and other smart technologies are used for MSW …

Digitalisation and intelligent robotics in value chain of circular economy oriented waste management–A review

R Sarc, A Curtis, L Kandlbauer, K Khodier, KE Lorber… - Waste Management, 2019 - Elsevier
The general aim of circular economy is the most efficient and comprehensive use of
resources. In order to achieve this goal, new approaches of Industry 4.0 are being …

Tidybot: Personalized robot assistance with large language models

J Wu, R Antonova, A Kan, M Lepert, A Zeng, S Song… - Autonomous …, 2023 - Springer
For a robot to personalize physical assistance effectively, it must learn user preferences that
can be generally reapplied to future scenarios. In this work, we investigate personalization of …

A review on automated sorting of source-separated municipal solid waste for recycling

SP Gundupalli, S Hait, A Thakur - Waste management, 2017 - Elsevier
A crucial prerequisite for recycling forming an integral part of municipal solid waste (MSW)
management is sorting of useful materials from source-separated MSW. Researchers have …

Using computer vision to recognize composition of construction waste mixtures: A semantic segmentation approach

W Lu, J Chen, F Xue - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
Timely and accurate recognition of construction waste (CW) composition can provide
yardstick information for its subsequent management (eg, segregation, determining proper …

Augmented reality-enabled human-robot collaboration to balance construction waste sorting efficiency and occupational safety and health

J Chen, Y Fu, W Lu, Y Pan - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Construction waste sorting (CWS) is highly recommended as a key step for construction
waste management. However, current CWS involves humans' manual hand-picking, which …

A critical review of existing and emerging technologies and systems to optimize solid waste management for feedstocks and energy conversion

KS Salem, K Clayson, M Salas, N Haque, R Rao… - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Solid waste generation and its accumulation is increasing at an alarming pace due to
population growth and urbanization posing severe risks to health, safety, and natural …

Design, management and control of demanufacturing and remanufacturing systems

T Tolio, A Bernard, M Colledani, S Kara, G Seliger… - CIRP Annals, 2017 - Elsevier
In the recent years, increasing attention has been posed towards enhancing the
sustainability of manufacturing processes by reducing the consumption of resources and key …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time construction demolition waste detection using state-of-the-art deep learning methods; single–stage vs two-stage detectors

D Demetriou, P Mavromatidis, PM Robert… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Central to the development of a successful waste sorting robot lies an accurate and fast
object detection system. This study assesses the performance of the most representative …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in intellectualization of transportation infrastructures

YL Du, TH Yi, XJ Li, XL Rong, LJ Dong, DW Wang… - Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Inspired by state-of-the-art material science, computer techniques, artificial intelligence, and
automatic control, new-generation transportation infrastructures are becoming digitalized …