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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2024 – Today’s intelligent robots can accurately recognize many objects through vision and touch. Tactile information, obtained through sensors, along with machine learning ...

A component-sorting robot picks up items at the Obeta warehouse in Ludwigsfelde, Germany, Jan. 16, 2020. At the facility near Berlin, the new kind of robot is automating tasks that until recently had ...

Adjusting the robot's grasp on the cloth changes both its pose and the sensor readings. Researchers didn't teach the robot how or where to grasp the fabric. Instead, they taught it how many layers of ...

Earlier this year, humanoid robotics company Figure showed off its Figure 02 robot using a sophisticated visual language system called Helix to sort packages at a logistics warehouse. Footage showed a ...

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 ...