The problem of electronic waste has been growing in the recent years, and with constant upgrades in technology it is going to grow further. Therefore, researchers have started work on a robot to ...

You finish a greasy-yet-satisfying lunch at the cafeteria, pick up the items from the table and walk to the trash and recycling bins. Like most well-intentioned people, you face a familiar dilemma.

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 ...

The fancy robot arm that your neighborhood's garbage truck is likely to use has a name other than "the claw," which is what I've called it for years. These robot arms are actually called automated ...

It’s early in the morning. You come down sleepily, and sit at the kitchen table to drink your coffee and eat your toast. You’re entirely alone–except for all the devices around you that are patiently ...

Although cleaning up the humungous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a daunting concept, removing trash from local waterways is much more feasible … and that's exactly what the Clearbot robot is designed ...

When the group Urban Rivers raised nearly $30K on Kickstarter to install a floating garden on the Chicago River in 2017, the aim was to bring a little more nature back to a major urban waterway. A ...

Marine debris is a persistent pollution problem that reaches throughout the entire ocean. While people are actively making efforts to keep the local waterways clean, sometimes they need a little help ...

According to the New Scientist article, For more ambiguous types of waste, such as a piece of plywood with nails driven through it, the robot uses a spectrometer to recognise objects based on the ...

A new Kickstarer project aims to remove trash from the Chicago River by creating a remote-controlled floating garbage collector. Named Trash Robot, the machine can be controlled a web browser, so ...

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