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 ...

An eastern Iowa recycling operation is investing five-million dollars in three more trash-sorting robots, after earlier successes with artificial intelligence. Since 2019, the Scott Area Recycling ...

Teach a robot to open a door, and it ought to unlock a lifetime of opportunities. Not so for one of Alphabet’s youngest subsidiaries, Everyday Robots. Just over a year after graduating from Alphabet’s ...

Sorting trash is one of those tasks that people can get pretty tired of, pretty fast – plus it can be hazardous. That's why ZenRobotics makes robots that do the job. The company's latest generation is ...

AMP One — an AI-powered waste-sorting system built by Louisville, Colorado-based AMP Robotics — just landed on Time magazine's list of the 25 best inventions of 2025. How it works: The system uses ...

A new robot mimics the human sense of touch to sort through trash. The system achieved a 98.85 percent accuracy rate in recognizing various domestic waste items, say scientists. They believe the state ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence and automation are impacting some jobs that humans don't always want to do. Robots are being used to sort through waste at recycling centers to combat worker shortages. In some ...

There are a number of startups working to improve trash sorting with robots. AMP Robotics is near the top of the list, coupling a picker and a conveyor belt to sort materials in large, automated ...