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US 10,095,231 B2Granted
Drone and drone-based system for collecting and managing waste for improved sanitation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael S. Gordon, Meenal Pore, Komminist Weldemariam
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Abstract
A type of a waste item is identified at a waste collection location using at least a drone-based system. The drone-based system characterizes one or more properties of the waste item. Based on the identified type and the one or more properties, the drone-based system performs a risk assessment based on human health of content of the waste item. One or more actions are taken by one or more drones of the drone-based system based on the risk assessment of the content of the waste item.
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A method, comprising:
- identifying a type of a waste item at a waste collection location using at least a drone-based system;
- characterizing by the drone-based system one or more properties of the waste item;
- performing a risk assessment based on the characterized one or more properties of the waste item, wherein the risk assessment is assessing a risk level caused by content of the waste item;
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- in response to the risk assessment, controlling one or more drones of the drone-based system to take at least one action based on the identified type and the characterized one or more properties of the waste item to cause biofuel or a bio-fertilizer processing of the waste item to reduce or eliminate the risk level caused by the content of the waste item.
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