Humanoid robots are being added to the automation of waste sorting.

UK recycling firm deploys Chinese-built humanoid robot as waste sorting sector faces 40% annual staff turnover and 8x fatality rate ...

Recycling centers across the U.S. and U.K. are adopting AI-powered systems and humanoid robots to address labor shortages, improve sorting accuracy, and increase recovery rates. Facilities in Ohio, ...

Researchers are breaking through the difficulties of robotic recognition of various common, yet complex, items. Their layered sensor is equipped with material detection at the surface and pressure ...

rStream co-founders Ian Goodine, left, and Ethan Walko stand beside their trailer trash sorter Friday at the UMass Waste Recovery and Transfer Facility in Amherst. The mechanism within the trailer ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs' first Artificial Intelligence (AI) guided recycling robot is now operating. It's being used at the Republic Services Recycling Center, which is located just ...

If you throw a plastic water bottle or yogurt cup in a recycling bin, it might not necessarily be recycled. Inside sprawling warehouses that the industry calls “MRFs” or materials recovery facilities, ...

Sorting trash is one of those tasks that people can get pretty tired of, pretty fast – plus it can be hazardous. That's why ZenRobotics makes robots that do the job. The company's latest generation is ...

Penn Waste has implemented AI-powered robots to improve the safety and efficiency of its recycling sorting process. Developed by startup Glacier, the AI robots can identify 70 different materials and ...

Recycling equipment manufacturer Machinex, based in Plessisville, Quebec, has launched its new SamurAI Optima sorting robot, which it says has been engineered to be the most space-efficient model in ...

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2024 – Today’s intelligent robots can accurately recognize many objects through vision and touch. Tactile information, obtained through sensors, along with machine learning ...