Automate Garbage Detection

Project Title

Automate Garbage Detection

Project Area of Specialization Artificial IntelligenceProject Summary

This project is a Drone based application with the goal to help improve and optimize garbage collection by detection of garbage through image processing. Our aim is to use drones to take aerial photos or videos of specific areas that are less accessible to allow monitoring which could save on expensive monitoring currently done on foot over rough terrain. The project aims to improve the understanding of drone technology in combination with image processing and to help adopt drones into standard workflows by utilizing the resulting data to improved safety, accuracy and timely alerts to reduce overall operating costs required in a typical garbage collection mechanism. Also by using image processing and drone we will be able to provide a comprehensive overview of the specific area much faster than a ground inspection. By surveying from the air, we will be able to provide more efficient, cheaper, and accurate topographical and volume data about garbage density in a specific area.

Project Objectives

1)  Clean Environment.

2) To Minimiza Time To Collect Garbage.

3) Minimize Resources

4) Decrease Cost .

5) Improve Efficiency.

Project Implementation Method

• Drone Assembly

• Tuning of Drone

• Explore Image Processing algorithms (open CV)

• Garbage Detection by partitioning of the image into segments and looking for anomalies in each segment.

• Location of Garbage by GPS module

• Generating alerts based on image processing results (Sending GPS coordinates to relevant person)

Benefits of the Project

1.	Automate garbage detection by using drones and image processing
2.	Generate alarms/email of detected garbage elements by provide GPS markers
3.	Facilitate and reduce garbage collection time by surveying from the air. We will be able to   provide more efficient, cheaper, and accurate topographical and volume data about garbage density in a specific area
4.	Adopt drones into standard workflows to reduce overall operating costs required in a typical garbage collection mechanism

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Technical Details of Final Deliverable

Drone capable of doing following

1. Accept input coordinates from user

2. Scan the target area

3. Identify garbage

4. Generate Alert

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemType of Industry IT , Agriculture , Security Technologies Artificial Intelligence(AI)Sustainable Development Goals Climate ActionRequired Resources

Elapsed time since start of the project	Milestone	Deliverable
Month 1	Group Discussion	Planning
Month 2	Literature Review	Project Idea
Month 3	Requirement Gathering	Requirement Document
Month 4	Designing	Software Design
Month 5	Code Development	Executable File
Month 6	Testing	Test Case
Month 7	Development	Executable File User Manual
Month 8	Documentation $Project Presentation	Project Completion