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 ...

SEATTLE — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – A pilot program using artificial intelligence-driven robots has launched at UMass Amherst, to sort recycled items from trash. The current pilot, AuditPRO, which stands for ...

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, ...

The world is drowning in trash. Global waste is expected to reach 3.8 billion metric tons by 2050, almost double what we throw away today. Cutting back on consumption would help, but that’s easier ...

AMHERST — Recycling entrepreneurs Ian Goodine and Ethan Walko first met at UMass Amherst as freshman after joining a pickup soccer league. “We played a lot that year,” said Goodine, CEO of rStream, ...

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 ...

Recycling is hard. Most Americans don’t know what should go into their recycling bins - and when they guess, they often guess wrong and gum up the works of recycling facilities in the process. This ...

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 ...