You may not think about it when tossing that empty cat food can into your curbside recycling container, but downstream there is a small army of people at Penn Waste trying to separate usable items ...

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 ...

Despite good intentions to make changes that support the environment, companies are still sending items to the landfill that could otherwise be recycled. While the world is producing nearly twice as ...

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 ...

Amazon's experiment with delivery robots might have a science-fiction feel, but the potential cost savings for the e-commerce giant would be anything but fantasy. Morgan Stanley estimated the ...

It is estimated that more than 100 billion clothing items are produced globally each year, with most eventually entering recycling systems. Sorting used textiles by hand requires considerable manual ...

Today’s robots are smarter, faster, and cheaper. They’re also being called upon to move beyond traditional repetitive tasks to take on more “human” roles such as sensing, recognizing objects, moving ...