Technology
Proof you can see.
Cameras and AI from Veraloop by Agave Networks check metal type, grade and contamination at the yard, and record loading into the container.
The camera rig
Three cameras look at every load.
Each camera sees something the others miss. Together they give the AI a fuller picture than a single photo. Field-tested at 3 UK scrap yards.
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Colour
A standard camera. It sees what you see: shape, colour and rust.
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Near-infrared
Light just beyond what the eye can see. It helps tell apart materials that look alike.
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Thermal
Heat. A different view of the same load, in light or dark.
What the AI checks
Four questions, answered from a photo.
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What metal is it?
Tells steel from other metals in a photo of the load.
Over 99% accurate in testing
Metal type
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What grade of steel?
Grades the steel against the grade in your contract.
Grades steel scrap with 93% accuracy
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Where is each object?
Finds each piece in the photo, so every check points at real material in the load.
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How much is contamination?
Estimates how much of the load is not the contracted metal.
Estimates contamination within about 4 percentage points
Results from testing. Accuracy varies with conditions; every grade is checked against the contract.
Loading cameras
Loading is recorded, not reported.
The buyer sees the container being loaded. A payment stage is released only once loading is recorded.
- A 4G camera at the loading point. No yard Wi-Fi needed.
- It starts recording when there is movement.
- Clips upload by themselves. Nobody has to send anything.
- Every clip is linked to the container and the shipment.
R&D backing
Backed by Innovate UK
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.
- Grant
- Innovate UK grant 10182173
- Technology readiness
- TRL 3 → 5: from a proof of concept tested in the lab to a system tested in real UK scrap yards.