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Title: Machine Vision for Object Detection and Profiling in an Unstructured Environment

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OSTI ID:797097

The Handling and Sorting System for 55-Gallon Drums (HANDSS-55) is a DOE project to develop an automated method for retrieving items that are not acceptable at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) from 55-gallon drums of low-level waste. The HANDSS-55 is a modular system that opens drums, sorts the waste, and then repackages the remaining waste in WIPP compliant barrels. The Sorting Station module relies on a non-contact measurement system to quickly provide a 3D profile of the sorting area. It then analyses the 3D profile and a color image to determine the position and orientation of an operator selected waste item. The item is then removed from the sorting area by a robotic arm. The use of both image and profile information for object determination provides a fast, effective method of finding and retrieving selected objects in the unstructured environment of the sorting module.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-99ID13727
OSTI ID:
797097
Report Number(s):
INEEL/CON-02-00161; TRN: US0201791
Resource Relation:
Conference: Spectrum 2002, Reno, NV (US), 08/04/2002--08/08/2002; Other Information: PBD: 23 May 2002
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English