Real-time plastic litter detection using hyperspectral sensing on drone

A hyperspectral sensing system operating in the SWIR band (900-1700nm) was developed for drone-based detection of plastic litter in the environment. The detection software is based on a multiple linear classifier trained on examples, that detects plastics and transmits information to a ground station that visualizes on a map the location of points surveyed, labeled as plastics where applicable.