MIT’s recycling sorting #robot can ‘feel’ the difference between materials
April 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
RoCycle is, naturally, short for “recycling robot,” the latest offering out of MIT’s CSAIL lab. The pick and place ‘bot utilizes a unique combination of sensors to help distinguish the material differences of objects, in order to sort them ahead of the recycling process. Built on top of a Rethink Robotics Baxter, the system utilizes […]