Robots are taking over the dirty work of sorting through our trash and turning it into valuable resources. And not just any robots, but smart robots that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Throwing out trash can be an icky, and sometimes even confusing ...

Though there's a certain amount of apprehension toward robots and their use in everyday life, some robots are being implemented to help with the world's massive waste problem. A new robot dog has been ...

Lake Tahoe was a bit of a mess after Fourth of July celebrations, and volunteers spent a lot of time picking up trash. It looked pretty clean after all that hard work, but just because it looks clean ...

Robots aren't just lining up to do dangerous jobs such as helping police, fighting fires or assisting in disaster zones. They may wind up taking out the trash, too. Researchers at Cornell University ...

New Yorkers aren’t exactly known for being warm and fuzzy, so researchers were pleasantly surprised when only a few were rude to some trash-collecting robots deployed in Greenwich Village. The Cornell ...

Google announced a new artificial intelligence model on Friday that can help it train robots to understand tasks like throwing out trash. The Robotics Transformer 2 (RT-2) is a vision-language-action ...

Teach a robot to open a door, and it ought to unlock a lifetime of opportunities. Not so for one of Alphabet’s youngest subsidiaries, Everyday Robots. Just over a year after graduating from Alphabet’s ...

Cigarette butts pose a huge risk to the world’s oceans and can be a pain to clean up by hand especially on public spaces like beaches. A group of Italian scientists have built a quadruped robot that ...

Marine litter is a major environmental problem. Abandoned containers and fishing gear can trap or strangle animals, and plastic waste can break down into microplastics, which can release chemicals ...