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 ...

Ever wondered what happens to the recyclables you carefully sort and place in your bin? For years, recycling has been a crucial part of our efforts to reduce waste and protect the environment. However ...

The Carton Council of North America and AMP Robotics, Denver, have announced that a second installation of the AMP Cortex robot used to sort food and beverage cartons has been installed at Dem-Con Cos ...

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, ...

Recycling equipment manufacturer Machinex, based in Plessisville, Quebec, has launched its new SamurAI Optima sorting robot, which it says has been engineered to be the most space-efficient model in ...

rStream co-founders Ian Goodine, left, and Ethan Walko stand beside their trailer trash sorter Friday at the UMass Waste Recovery and Transfer Facility in Amherst. The mechanism within the trailer ...

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, ...

The robotics company, rStream, was founded by two UMass Amherst engineering graduates, Ethan Walko and Ian Goodine. Their innovation will test the AI’s ability to identify in real time what is going ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs' first Artificial Intelligence (AI) guided recycling robot is now operating. It's being used at the Republic Services Recycling Center, which is located just ...

At the Boulder County Recycling Center in Colorado, two team members spend all day pulling items from a conveyor belt covered in junk collected from the area’s bins. One plucks out juice cartons and ...

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 ...

Binghamton-based cement company KLAW Industries will use federal funding to create a new robotic sorting system for recycled glass. On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced KLAW ...