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I don't believe that either does reconstruction... but for the recycling application, there are a handful of companies tackling this problem -- e.g. Everest Lab

• Animats 5y ago
  The big name in this is Bulk Handling Systems.[1] They build and sell large complete recycling plants. They do about 90% of the sorting with a series of mechanical processes. The robots do only the "quality control" step, pulling out items that got past the choppers, shakers, screens, air blasts, and magnets. That gets the outputs up to 99%+ of the desired product, so it can go into recycling processes that take in cardboard, plastics sorted by type, etc. It makes the robotics cost effective. San Francisco's recycling operation, at Pier 95, uses a system built by them. It's not a glamorous technology, but it gets the job done. [1] https://www.max-ai.com/video-max-ai-autonomous-qc/ https://www.max-ai.com/video-max-ai-autonomous-qc/