Solace Iris is two product lines under one brand. Iris Vision puts artificial intelligence (AI) computer vision on the cameras you already own - for retail, warehouses, campuses, and cities. Iris Waste adds fill-level sensing and smart routing to every bin. Same cloud, same dashboard, one partner.
Iris Vision connects to your existing closed-circuit television (CCTV) and network cameras - no rip-and-replace. Solace AI models turn live footage into alerts, counts, and reports your team can act on, while video stays on your network.
The same vision platform, tuned to what your operation needs to see. Every deployment starts with a scoped pilot on your own cameras.
Detections arrive as clear events - what happened, where, and the snapshot to prove it. Not sure which use case to start with? An AI discovery session maps your cameras to outcomes, free of charge.
Iris Waste combines a central intelligent controller with modular sensing, power, connectivity, and mounting options. One product line adapts to streets, compounds, malls, airports, ports, and industrial sites.
Fixed schedules create overflow, wasted trips, high fuel burn, and poor visibility. Iris replaces blind operations with measured, connected, and configurable intelligence.
Public image and hygiene suffer when collections are not demand-driven.
Trucks, fuel, labor, and route hours are wasted on bins that do not need service.
Managers see complaints after the fact instead of seeing the bin fleet in real time.
Most products force the same sensor into every site, even when the environment is different.
The same controller, the same cloud, the same dashboard - regardless of how Iris is configured.
Ultrasonic or AI computer vision, picked per site.
Recyclable, organic, or contamination - flagged at the source.
Fire, tilt, theft, and overflow - alerts the moment they happen.
Which bin to collect, when, and why - not just a fill number.
Iris is built around a smart core. Around that core, customers choose how the product sees, powers, connects, and mounts. This makes the product easy to understand and easy to adapt.
Ultrasonic or AI Computer Vision.
4G, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or RF to an Iris Gateway.
Bin, wall, ceiling, or external pole.
Battery, 220 VAC mains, solar, or PoE.
Secure identity, BLE setup, OTA updates, and standardized module interfaces for sensing, power, radio, and installation form factor.
The same controller in every Iris - one product to evaluate, one platform to manage. Sensing, power, and radio modules attach over a standardized internal bus, so the variant changes without changing the brain.
Every Iris Waste configuration is built by selecting one option from each category. The result becomes the final SKU (stock-keeping unit).
Time-of-flight sound, 4 m range, +/-2 cm accuracy. Works in pitch dark. Lowest cost.
On-device AI. Real fill level on irregular waste. Identifies waste type, contamination, overflow, and bin presence.
Battery estimates are stated on the safe side. Actual runtime depends on reporting frequency, signal strength, temperature, and AI capture schedule.
| Build | Connectivity | Conservative battery life | Assumption |
|---|---|---|---|
IRIS-US-BAT-4G-* |
4G LTE-M / NB-IoT | Up to 2 years | 4 uplinks/day, 10-min sensing cycle |
IRIS-US-BAT-WIFI-* |
Wi-Fi | Up to 2 years | 4 uplinks/day |
IRIS-US-BAT-RF-* |
Sub-GHz RF | Up to 5 years | 24 messages/day |
IRIS-AIV-BAT-* |
Scheduled AIV mode | Up to 1 year | 4 captures/day |
Pick one option from each axis and the product identity writes itself. This is the fastest way to explain the product to a customer or partner.
Battery-powered ultrasonic build with cellular backhaul for distributed street bins.
IRIS-US-BAT-4G-BIN
Public street wheelie bin.
IRIS-AIV-AC-ETH-CEI
Indoor mall recycling room.
IRIS-AIV-SOL-RF-POL
Smart-city flagship street installation.
Iris adapts to the asset, not the other way around. Pick the mounting option that fits the bin, the room, or the public station.
Choose the right sensing layer without changing the controller, cloud, or operator workflow.
Autonomous outdoor operation with integrated solar and battery buffer for harsh field sites.
Ideal for street stations, skips, and fixed assets where lid-mounted hardware is limiting.
One backhaul for hundreds of sensors, lower operating expense (OPEX), and better underground or indoor reach.
Permanent powered installations for malls, hospitals, airports, and industrial infrastructure.
Side-by-side against the most common smart-waste sensors on the market today.
| Capability | Rankup DF703 | Sensoneo Quatro | WASTECH | Solace Iris |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI / waste-type recognition | No | No | No | Yes |
| Solar option | No | No | No | Yes |
| External pole mount | No | No | No | Yes |
| Dedicated RF gateway | No | Mesh only | No | Yes |
| 220 VAC mains option | No | No | No | Yes |
| Connectivity options | 4G | LoRa / Sigfox / NB-IoT / GSM | 4G | 4G + Wi-Fi + Ethernet/PoE + RF |
| Power options | Battery only | Battery only | Battery only | Battery + AC + Solar + PoE |
| Mounting options | Lid / side | Screws / clench / rails | Lid / side | Bin + Wall + Ceiling + Pole |
The Iris AIV variant replaces blind proximity sensing with a 5MP edge-AI camera, built on the same Solace vision stack as Iris Vision. It runs machine-learning models locally on the device, sending only lightweight event data to the cloud to save bandwidth and preserve privacy.
In compounds, malls, industrial parks, and basements, Solace Iris sensors can transmit over long-range RF to an Iris Gateway. The gateway then forwards all data through one Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or 4G uplink.
Every Iris deployment includes the Iris HUB - a compact on-premise server on the customer LAN that aggregates sensors, runs local logic, and syncs with Solace Iris Cloud over the internet.
Regardless of the physical build, all data lands in the same enterprise cloud. Four modules, one tenant, one login.
Indicative figures from independent waste-IoT studies and pilot benchmarks. Actual results depend on configuration, route design, and local operations - we benchmark a pilot on your sites and let the data make the case.
Build: IRIS-AIV-SOL-4G-POL
Public street bins, solar, AI sorting recyclables at every drop,
autonomous and grid-free.
Build: IRIS-AIV-AC-WIFI-CEI
Ceiling-mounted AI sensing on 220 VAC. Detects overflow and
contamination before housekeeping is called.
Build: IRIS-US-BAT-RF-BIN
Long-life ultrasonic + RF aggregation. One LAN connection, no SIM
cards, up to 5-yr battery life.
A 200-bin pilot typically goes from purchase order to go-live in 6-8 weeks. The longest activity is the site survey - because we pick the right Iris variant per location, instead of dropping one device everywhere.
Solace surveys, picks variants, designs network.
Bin inventory loaded, cloud tenant created, integrations set up.
QR scan, mount, calibrate via app.
Live readings within 60 seconds of install.
Daily dashboards, weekly reports, quarterly reviews.
Launch a turnkey pilot on either line - Iris Vision on your existing cameras, or Iris Waste with mixed sensor configurations, installation, cloud subscription, and training. Measure the results before committing to full rollout.