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 ...

Challenges, breakthroughs and big ideas in the race 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 accordion tube ending in an air-powered ...

E-waste has become a global problem. Unfortunately, the majority of discarded used technology, known as e-waste, is dumped or processed in unsafe conditions. Around 78% of electronic products aren’t ...

Robotic arms use suction to grab items from the moving belt and drop them into chutes.

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 processes 300 ...

The 400 refuse trucks that roll into Caglia Environmental’s Cedar Avenue Recycling and Transfer Station (CARTS) in Fresno, California, six days a week bring all manner of material. Crushed boxes, ...

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A family-run east London recycling firm is training a Chinese-built humanoid robot to sort waste on its conveyor belts, where staff turnover runs at 40 per cent and the fatality rate is eight times ...

Last week, TechCrunch paid a visit to Apple’s Austin, Texas, manufacturing facilities. Since 2013, the company has built its Mac Pro desktop about 20 minutes north of downtown. The 400,000-square-foot ...