Good news! Let the robots do the dirty work of waste sorting! One man's trash is another robot'😊s treasure!
"... It would be a lot easier if people could dump everything into one bin and let the waste-management companies deal with it, but that’s proven to be too expensive with humans in the loop. ...
The decade-old company has deployed around 400 robots, and it operates three facilities with another in the works. Companies can specify how many sorting modules depending on how much trash they need to sort or which material they’re looking for. Inside, cameras watch the flow of trash, using AI to identify what can be recycled, and robotic arms pluck bits from the conveyor belt. ..."
Enter robots. Myriad [of] companies, from small startups like Glacier to large multinationals like Apple, have been working to automate recycling. Most of that work has centered on the robots, placing them in existing facilities to help humans recover more waste.
More recently, Amp Robotics, an early entrant, changed its business model to focus on running entire facilities. ...
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