SEE MORE The accordion tube ending in an air-powered suction cup is the robotic arm of Glacier’s recycling robot ... toss and sort the plastic from paper from glass from cans.

Equipped with AI vision trained on billions of images ... these robots can sort through 45 items a minute, efficiently picking up materials and depositing them into the appropriate recycling ...

The two have developed an AI-powered robot that scans trash and recyclables and aims to identify all the so-called treasures ...

Crisscrossing the massive space is a highway of conveyor belts snaking in and out of devices that grind, toss and sort the plastic from ... has installed four recycling robots with AI vision ...

An increasing number of electronic waste are ... together with plastic waste, for example. If the batteries in these products are damaged, they can cause fires at sorting plants.

Abstract: The use of robots in waste processing plants can significantly ... on deep learning technologies to identify and sort items. To facilitate further research endeavors, the data set of ...

An increasing amount of electronic waste is not being properly disposed of but is often discarded together with plastic waste, for example. If the batteries in these products are damaged, they can ...

rStream, a robotics startup founded by two University of Massachusetts Amherst grads, is taking on one of recycling's biggest challenges: sorting. Recycling rules can be confusing. That's where ...

PHOTOGRAPHED AT MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, PLYMOUTH, U.K.; PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH Plastic waste ... along with heartbreaking images of its impact on ...