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Same for recycling. A robot that could sort through trash would be phenomenal. You need computer vision, maybe other sensors and also dexterity. After visiting
by vjvjvjvjghv 28d ago
Same for recycling. A robot that could sort through trash would be phenomenal. You need computer vision, maybe other sensors and also dexterity. After visiting a recycling facility I think nobody should have to work there. It’s just horrible.
- whiplash451 28d agoThere’s quite a few companies in that field already. Keen to hear their feedback if they are reading this.
- eru 28d agoBurning trash works fairly well.
- Gigachad 28d agoAs a tech demo sure. But the current tech for this is much better where you just have a camera pointing at the trash falling, and either flipper paddles or air jets to push the trash in to the correct buckets as it’s falling.
- kolinko 28d agoWhy do we then still need to sort the trash? Honest question
- Gigachad 28d agoSo the truck can take stuff direct to landfill or composting. And so rotting food doesn’t destroy the recycling. Recycling then has to be sorted further.
- LoganDark 28d agoThis requires separating each piece of trash, which runs into the dexterity and computer vision issue again.
- tclancy 28d agoI feel like robots that could do this with 100% accuracy might shine too bright a light on how well recycling currently works. And I say that as a proponent of the three Rs.