Safety-Centric Monitoring of Structural Configurations in Outdoor Warehouse Using an UAV

Assia Belbachir, Antonio Ortiz, Ahmed Belbachir, Emanuele Ciccia

2025

Abstract

In industrial warehouse environments, particularly in steel bar manufacturing scenarios, ensuring the structural stability of stacked bars is essential for both worker safety and operational efficiency. This paper presents a novel vision-based framework for automatic safety validation of outdoor storage bays using a dual-resolution implementation of the Segment Anything Model (SAM). The system processes video streams coming from drone (AUV) by combining zero-shot segmentation with geometric reasoning to assess lateral and frontal support conditions in real time. At each frame, SAM is applied at two scales to extract both fine-grained support components and large bulk regions. A morphological proximity rule reclassifies unsupported regions based on contact with multiple smaller support masks. Additionally, a frontal-view analysis computes bar-end centroids and applies a triangle-based inclusion test to determine correct placement. Experimental results on real warehouse videos demonstrate robust safety classification under occlusion and clutter, with interactive frame rates and no need for manual annotation. The proposed framework offers a lightweight, interpretable solution for automated safety monitoring in complex industrial environments.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Belbachir A., Ortiz A., Belbachir A. and Ciccia E. (2025). Safety-Centric Monitoring of Structural Configurations in Outdoor Warehouse Using an UAV. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO; ISBN 978-989-758-770-2, SciTePress, pages 471-478. DOI: 10.5220/0013675300003982

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco25,
author={Assia Belbachir and Antonio Ortiz and Ahmed Belbachir and Emanuele Ciccia},
title={Safety-Centric Monitoring of Structural Configurations in Outdoor Warehouse Using an UAV},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO},
year={2025},
pages={471-478},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013675300003982},
isbn={978-989-758-770-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO
TI - Safety-Centric Monitoring of Structural Configurations in Outdoor Warehouse Using an UAV
SN - 978-989-758-770-2
AU - Belbachir A.
AU - Ortiz A.
AU - Belbachir A.
AU - Ciccia E.
PY - 2025
SP - 471
EP - 478
DO - 10.5220/0013675300003982
PB - SciTePress