The Sensorita Sensor1 employs nRF9160 SiP to provide GNSS location data and record the fill level of waste containers, before sending data to the Cloud
Norwegian company Sensorita has launched a smart waste management solution designed for businesses that maintain and collect waste containers. The ‘Sensor1’ uses radar technology based on research from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences to assess the fill levels and contents of large waste receptacles. This data is then processed on the Sensorita Cloud platform to assist in the management and collection of these containers.
“The problem that waste companies have is that once a container is placed with a customer, it essentially becomes invisible,” says Ulrikke Lien, CEO at Sensorita. “Customers move them, dispose of different waste than agreed, and the waste company has no idea how full it is or when it should be picked up. This creates problems for logistics and production planning, not to mention increased CO2 emissions from unnecessary pickups.
“Sensorita solves this problem by providing a rugged sensor with radar and GPS that can be retrofitted to existing containers. This sensor takes radar images of the inside of the container multiple times per hour, which are then sent to the Sensorita Cloud platform for analysis. Our machine learning [ML] algorithms are trained on millions of radar images, and are able to estimate how full the receptacle is and the main material type it contains.”
