An autonomous robot has been picking up buckets of food waste at Eastern Market as part of an international competition — all without a truck, idling engine or driver. Why it matters: The robot is ...

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 ...

Fairhaven is the first community on the East Coast to deploy the Jellyfishbot, an autonomous aquatic robot designed to remove trash, microplastics and oil from local waterways. The Jellyfishbot, ...

Harvesting the valuable materials locked away in this waste stream could generate some $95 billion in reusable resources.

TeknTrash Robotics, a U.K.-based company pioneering artificial intelligence- (AI-) powered robotics and motion intelligence for the waste management and recycling industry, has partnered with Sharp ...

FAIRHAVEN, Mass. (WPRI) — Fairhaven has taken a big step to ensure better water quality along its coastline by unveiling a new autonomous trash-collecting robot. The device, known as “Jellyfishbot,” ...

Robots for specific blue collar tasks in difficult, repetitive and harsh environments are delivering value now in terms of quality, safety, cost and process efficiencies.