Russia to Calculate Timber Volumes Using Neural Networks
Scientists have developed a software prototype to automate timber volume accounting.
Russia has developed a technology to calculate the volume of raw timber at warehouses and during transportation using photographs, the press service of the scientific institute announced.
The project was led by the Forest Management and Mechanization Research Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Forestry and Forest Planning. The project was headed by Alexander Martyniuk, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Doctor of Agricultural Sciences.
Experience from Seven Regions
The development is based on computer vision technologies. The neural network model was trained using photographic data from logging trucks, temporary storage sites for raw timber, and volume measurement data collected in seven Russian regions.
Based on these models, scientists created a prototype of experimental software. The final testing and implementation stage of the program is scheduled for 2026.
