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A recycling robot named Clarke could be the key to reducing waste
Digital Trends ^ | July 23, 2017 | Lulu Chang

Posted on 07/23/2017 4:11:57 PM PDT by ptsal

[snip] With so many different materials now in play, how are you supposed to know what needs to be thrown into a landfill and what can be reused? Luckily, while humans might not be the best at practicing the Three R’s (reduce, reuse, and recycle, of course), another “R” is here to save us. It’s a robot, and it’s been affectionately named Clarke.

Developed by AMP Robotics, this robot makes use of artificial intelligence to recognize and sort various food and beverage containers.

(Excerpt) Read more at digitaltrends.com ...


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KEYWORDS: recycle; robot; trash; waste
Robot replacing unskilled labor.

Wonder what is driving this change.

1 posted on 07/23/2017 4:11:57 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: ptsal
I thought that was "Wall-E"...


2 posted on 07/23/2017 4:56:49 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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You mean we would have to waited this long to end slavery? I thought the cotton gin and industrial revolution in the late 1800’s would have ended it!


3 posted on 07/23/2017 5:09:33 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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