If you’re designing a robot for a specific purpose, you’re probably ordering fresh parts and going with a clean sheet design. If you’re just building for fun though, you can just go with whatever ...

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, ...

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on May 5, 2025 at 7:00 am May 5, 2025 at 8:07 am The ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - At Michigan State University’s Recycling Center, a new team member is making quick work of bottles, cans, and other recyclables, and it’s not a student or staff member.

SEATTLE — The Recology King County Material Recovery Facility in south Seattle is embracing artificial intelligence-equipped robots to enhance its recycling process. Each weekday, the facility ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (COLORADO SPRINGS) — A local recycling center in Colorado Springs is using a robot to help sort waste items. It is becoming more ...

A few years ago, Rebecca Hu-Thrams and her business partner, Areeb Malik, rented an attic from an ad on Craigslist to test out their robots using artificial technology. Fast forward and their company, ...

A recycling robot recently moved into Shakopee. And it has a craving for cartons. A new robot at Dem-Con Companies' recycling facility is being used to detect and remove milk containers and other ...