Rhys Runnels ’29 is a prospective international relations major in the St Andrews Joint Degree Programme. Besides The Flat ...

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 ...

A fruit sorting robot built by a British consulting firm may not sound like a riveting leap forward. In fact, it's one of the clearest indications yet that industrial automation is on the verge of a ...

Recycle Ann Arbor's longtime staff, Michelle Moravcik and Diego Tambriz, sort out contamination from the facility's paper to help ensure the cleanest end materials possible. (Recycle Ann Arbor) The ...

Steinert GmbH, Cologne, Germany, has released its UniSort Unibot sorting robot. According to a news release from Steinert, the UniSort Unibot combines sensor technology with modern robotics to ...

At approximately 40m2, the robot can carry up to 10 kilograms of packages, covering up to 100 destinations simultaneously. The robot has a special drawer-shaped gripper that can connect with the ...

Melbourne-based recycling company APR Kerbside has begun using a robot in the materials separation process. The robot, from Canadian company Waste Robotics, is initially being used to separate Tetra ...

Finnish based company ZenRobotics has been focused on its goal of creating a robot that's capable of separating recyclables from garbage. The robot uses complex and multiple sets of sensors in order ...

According to the New Scientist article, For more ambiguous types of waste, such as a piece of plywood with nails driven through it, the robot uses a spectrometer to recognise objects based on the ...

It’s a common situation faced by every hard-working American – you get home after a long day at the calcium mines, and find yourself stuck with a pile of colored golf balls that simply aren’t going to ...

Standing around, sorting debris from construction or demolition projects for recycling ... it probably isn't anyone's idea of a good time. Given the risks posed by sharp or heavy objects and airborne ...