Robots are taking over the dirty work of sorting through our trash and turning it into valuable resources. And not just any robots, but smart robots that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify ...

The fancy robot arm that your neighborhood's garbage truck is likely to use has a name other than "the claw," which is what I've called it for years. These robot arms are actually called automated ...

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, ...

Sydney, Australia — A robot that uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to identify different forms of waste, even plastic films, and sort it into separate streams for recycling is in ...

Entering Recology’s recycling facility in South Seattle stuns your senses. The din from heavy machinery is continuous. While recycled goods are meant to be clean from food waste, your nose quickly ...

The future of recycling is here, and of course, it involves robots and artificial intelligence. Rebecca Hu, the co-founder of the robotics company Glacier, creates robots that help recycling plants ...

PITTSBURGH — With prices of everything going up, recycling helps keep prices down. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute are doing what they can by developing a robot that, in ...

An automated recycling centre has helped push a council close to its household recycling target 10 years ahead of schedule. The government has asked local authorities to recycle 65% of municipal waste ...

Bryson Recycling in Mallusk, Northern Ireland, soon will have five Recycleye sorting robots in its MRF. The Recycleye sorting robot at Bryson Recycling is pictured here conducting a positive sort on a ...

E-waste has become a global problem. Unfortunately, the majority of discarded used technology, known as e-waste, is dumped or processed in unsafe conditions. Around 78% of electronic products aren’t ...