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Using vehicle-mounted cameras and AI to automatically map the location of urban refuse, Cortexia<\/a> enables municipal councils to allocate their street cleaning resources more efficiently. The result? Cleaner streets and substantial savings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helping councils to improve their residents\u2019 well-being while reducing their impact on the environment \u2013 this is what Cortexia is out to do with its refuse mapping system. This AI-based technology optimises the use of resources and improves the cleanliness of city streets. \u201cWe are the only company in the world that offers an automatic, objective way of measuring street cleanliness<\/em>,\u201d says Andreas von Kaenel<\/a>, Cortexia\u2019s CEO. The Swiss company is also active in France and Germany through two subsidiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vehicles used by Cortexia\u2019s municipal customers are fitted with a camera and a Cortexia Box, which processes the live images and automatically uploads the resulting data to the Cloud. The AI system used is capable of identifying 14\u00a0different categories of rubbish. From the data it collects, the system calculates street cleanliness, rating it on a level of 0 to 5. Each council can determine its own optimum cleanliness rating, which is not set at the maximum possible score. \u201cBy measuring street cleanliness, councils can optimise their use of resources, with more frequent deployment in areas identified as less clean and less frequent visits where the streets would otherwise be overcleaned<\/em>,\u201d adds Andreas von Kaenel. In cities where its technology is used, Cortexia has seen an average 20% reduction in the use of sweeper vehicles (which equates to a 20% reduction in carbon emissions). The technology enables councils to save water too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with its municipal customers\u2019 cleaning departments and with environmental organisations, Cortexia has set up Clean City Labs to conduct real-world experiments investigating ways of improving the technology and identifying best practice by setting predefined objectives. In Geneva, this experimental approach has resulted in optimised street cleaning that takes into account different times of day and different types of refuse. Impact measurements can also be used to automate when and where sweepers are used \u2013 to provide predictive street cleaning. More recently, Cortexia has also been working on improving the quality of the system\u2019s organic waste recognition to increase the amount of recycled waste. \u201cRecycling bins contain too many foreign bodies; we have developed a way of assessing the contents of refuse vehicles before they go for processing,<\/em>\u201d says Andreas von Kaenel. The idea is to reward well-performing councils \u2013 those that encourage their citizens to sort their waste correctly \u2013 by charging them less to use the recycling infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Using vehicle-mounted cameras and AI to automatically map the location of urban refuse, Cortexia enables municipal councils to allocate their street cleaning resources more efficiently. The result? Cleaner streets and substantial savings. 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