Ever wondered what happens to the recyclables you carefully sort and place in your bin? For years, recycling has been a crucial part of our efforts to reduce waste and protect the environment. However ...

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, ...

PITTSBURGH — With prices of everything going up, recycling helps keep prices down. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute are doing what they can by developing a robot that, in ...

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 humble garbage run is getting a high-tech overhaul. From robot trash haulers that arrive on demand to electric trucks designed to silence the morning clatter of diesel engines, waste collection is ...

Dutch inventor Boyan Slat has developed a system that uses ocean currents to collect plastic waste. Experts consider this ...

Global electronic waste reached approximately 62 million metric tons in 2022, with soft robots—widely ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - You could call it a case of robot roadkill. An East Carolina University garbage truck this afternoon took out one of those delivery robots that are seen roaming around campus ...