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 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The problem of electronic waste has been growing in the recent years, and with constant upgrades in technology it is going to grow ...

Carnegie Mellon University researchers created a robot that takes apart old electronics to remove the recyclable and valuable materials. They hope to use the robot, which can quickly and efficiently ...

The rapid proliferation of robots and electronic devices is placing the world under a new and growing environmental burden.

A new UN report finds that more and more electronic waste, or e-waste, is being produced worldwide—recycling efforts are not keeping pace, though. Valuable raw materials are not being recovered and ...

Innovations in solar energy. Image by © Tim Sandle (Barbican, London). Innovations in solar energy. Image by © Tim Sandle (Barbican, London). Scientists have called ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — At Penn Waste’s recycling facility in York County, artificial intelligence is stepping in to make recycling jobs safer. The company recently installed a new AI-powered robot that ...

If you’re designing a robot for a specific purpose, you’re probably ordering fresh parts and going with a clean sheet design. If you’re just building for fun though, you can just go with whatever ...

Detroit — Shay Goudia mixed 320 pounds of cornmeal into a batch of banana-walnut cornbread in the kitchen of the Salvation Army. She figures if she doesn't do it, she doesn't know who will. "Food is ...