rStream co-founders Ian Goodine, left, and Ethan Walko stand beside their trailer trash sorter Friday at the UMass Waste Recovery and Transfer Facility in Amherst. The mechanism within the trailer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...