DEPOSIT SYSTEM WINGO (FOR EMPTY PACKAGING AND DISPOSABLE E-CIGARETTES)

Project background:

Latvia is implementing a Deposit System and project requires the development of packaging collection and processing technology to accept and sort empty packaging, electronic cigarettes and batteries, based on artificial intelligence solutions.

Biggest challenges: Find correct parameters and develop solutions so that the system can recognize damaged, flattened empty containers.

Solution:

Within the project framework, physical devices and their software were developed for two different deposit systems:

(1) a deposit system for collecting and sorting empty containers – PET bottles, tetra packs, cans in different sizes, 0.5 beer glass bottles, finger batteries. The machine is able to accept empty containers in both intact and flattened formats.

(2) An electronic cigarette deposit system that uses artificial intelligence to accept and sort e-cigarettes and batteries.

The solution includes a mobile app, central administration system, control panel software and AI process assurance software.

In response to user interaction, technology performs real-time object detection and analysis by using computer vision, analysing both – video streaming and sensor data.

The device analyzes parameters of the deposited object – shape, symbols visible on the object, barcode, weight, raw material, the decision made as a result of computer vision analysis and size of the object.

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