Towards an automated checked baggage inspection system augmented with robots

Matthew P. DeDonato; Velin Dimitrov; Taskin Padır

doi:10.1117/12.2053866

29 May 2014 Towards an automated checked baggage inspection system augmented with robots

Matthew P. DeDonato, Velin Dimitrov, Taskin Padır

Proceedings Volume 9074, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XIII; 90740N (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053866
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

We present a novel system for enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of checked baggage screening process at airports. The system requirements address the identification and retrieval of objects of interest that are prohibited in a checked luggage. The automated testbed is comprised of a Baxter research robot designed by Rethink Robotics for luggage and object manipulation, and a down-looking overhead RGB-D sensor for inspection and detection. We discuss an overview of current system implementations, areas of opportunity for improvements, robot system integration challenges, details of the proposed software architecture and experimental results from a case study for identifying various kinds of lighters in checked bags.

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Matthew P. DeDonato, Velin Dimitrov, and Taskin Padır "Towards an automated checked baggage inspection system augmented with robots", Proc. SPIE 9074, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XIII, 90740N (29 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053866

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