• Review of the State-of-the-art Sewer Monitoring and Maintenance Systems Pune Municipal Corporation - A Case Study 

      Patil, Ravindra Rajaram; Ansari, Saniya M.; Calay, Rajnish Kaur; Mustafa, Mohamad Y. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-26)
      There is an increasing trend of using automated and robotic systems for the tasks that are hazardous or inconvenient and dirty for humans. Sewers maintenance and cleaning is such a task where robots are already being used for inspection of underground pipes for blockages and damage. This paper reviews the existing robotic systems and various platforms and algorithms along with their capabilities and ...
    • S-BIRD: A Novel Critical Multi-Class Imagery Dataset for Sewer Monitoring and Maintenance Systems 

      Patil, Ravindra Rajaram; Mustafa, Mohamad; Calay, Rajnish K; Ansari, Saniya M. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-09)
      Computer vision in consideration of automated and robotic systems has come up as a steady and robust platform in sewer maintenance and cleaning tasks. The AI revolution has enhanced the ability of computer vision and is being used to detect problems with underground sewer pipes, such as blockages and damages. A large amount of appropriate, validated, and labeled imagery data is always a key ...