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 ...

PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute gave Channel 11 an inside look at a new robot designed to tear apart old electronics like televisions. It takes just seconds for the robot to open up a ...

Faced with rising volumes of electronic waste, researchers are turning to adaptable robotics to make recycling smarter, safer, and more efficient. At one of Europe’s largest e-waste facilities, much ...

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, ...

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation 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 ...

The U.S. recycles just 32% of its waste, while the rest is mainly landfilled. Part of the problem is that workers and outdated machinery that sort bottles, cans, paper, and plastic at recycling ...

Recology has installed artificial intelligence (AI) robotic sorters from San Francisco-based Glacier at its King County material recovery facility (MRF) in Seattle to improve the quality of the ...