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Grand Challenge
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Title<\/b>:\u00a0Multimodal Imaging for Waste Detection and Sorting<\/div>\n
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Abstract:\u00a0<\/b>Organic waste management is a crucial\u00a0<\/span>component<\/span>\u00a0of a circular economy, which prioritizes reducing waste through the reuse and recycling of products and materials. It is a tedious and complicated task,\u00a0<\/span>largely accomplished<\/span>\u00a0through manual\u00a0<\/span>labor<\/span>. We introduce a novel `in-the-wild’ multimodal image dataset of 15-band NIR multi-spectral and single band thermal images of bulk food waste in an industrial setting. The dataset\u00a0<\/span>showcases<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>several<\/span>\u00a0complex computer vision problems that are unavoidable constraints in this setting. Benchmarking against different computer vision algorithms is performed to highlight these challenges. The key issues and their place in robotic waste processing for industrial applications, and grand challenge\u00a0<\/span>objectives<\/span>\u00a0are discussed.<\/span>\u00a0As this is the inaugural edition of the challenge, the primary\u00a0<\/span>objective<\/span>\u00a0is not to\u00a0<\/span>establish<\/span>\u00a0a strong baseline, but to\u00a0<\/span>showcase<\/span>\u00a0and explore\u00a0<\/span>particular computer<\/span>\u00a0vision challenges that are characteristic of the waste sorting issue. The dataset provided for use is the Thermal and Spectral Trash Yield (<\/span>TaSTY<\/span>), which consists of\u00a0<\/span>roughly 900<\/span>\u00a0labelled and annotated multi modal images.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Program<\/strong>: <\/span>The challenge will be held on the 15<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0of October as part of the main conference program.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n