UK recycling firm deploys Chinese-built humanoid robot as waste sorting sector faces 40% annual staff turnover and 8x fatality rate ...

Despite the well-known environmental benefits of recycling, it’s estimated that less than 10% of the world’s plastic gets recycled. Ganiga Innovation looks to bring that percentage up using AI-enabled ...

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 ...

The founders of Upside Robotics met in 2023 because they were both looking to build an impact-driven company that touched climate and agriculture. Less than a year later, they were sleeping in a ...

A British nuclear body is planning to deploy robots at a former nuclear plant site to segregate radioactive waste autonomously. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group has announced a ...

The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life span is completed, University of Bristol and University of West England ...

The UK has deployed a robot dog at a nuclear site to reactivate a dormant crane used for handling radioactive waste. The four-legged robot, Boston Dynamics’ Spot, was sent into a potentially hazardous ...