Concept of a Robotic System for Autonomous Coarse Waste Recycling

Tim Tiedemann, Matthis Keppner, Tom Runge, Thomas Vögele, Martin Wittmaier, Sebastian Wolff

2021

Abstract

The recycling of coarse waste such as construction and demolition waste (CDW), bulky waste, etc., is a process that is currently performed mechanically and manually. Unlike packaging waste, commercial waste and the like, which is usually cut or shredded into small pieces and then automatically separated and sorted on conveyor belt-based systems, coarse waste is separated by specialized personnel using wheel loaders, cranes or excavators. This paper presents the concept of a robotic system designed to autonomously separate recyclable coarse materials from bulky waste, demolition and construction waste, etc. The proposed solution explicitly uses existing heavy equipment (e.g., an excavator currently in use on-site) rather than developing a robot from scratch. A particular focus is set on the sensory system options used to identify and classify waste objects.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tiedemann T., Keppner M., Runge T., Vögele T., Wittmaier M. and Wolff S. (2021). Concept of a Robotic System for Autonomous Coarse Waste Recycling. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-522-7, pages 493-500. DOI: 10.5220/0010584004930500

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco21,
author={Tim Tiedemann and Matthis Keppner and Tom Runge and Thomas Vögele and Martin Wittmaier and Sebastian Wolff},
title={Concept of a Robotic System for Autonomous Coarse Waste Recycling},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,},
year={2021},
pages={493-500},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010584004930500},
isbn={978-989-758-522-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,
TI - Concept of a Robotic System for Autonomous Coarse Waste Recycling
SN - 978-989-758-522-7
AU - Tiedemann T.
AU - Keppner M.
AU - Runge T.
AU - Vögele T.
AU - Wittmaier M.
AU - Wolff S.
PY - 2021
SP - 493
EP - 500
DO - 10.5220/0010584004930500