You may not think about it when tossing that empty cat food can into your curbside recycling container, but downstream there is a small army of people at Penn Waste trying to separate usable items ...

Amazon unveiled its new ‘Sparrow’ sorting robot that could soon replace some human workers in its warehouses. The robot is designed to identify and sort specific products along Amazon’s fulfillment ...

At approximately 40m2, the robot can carry up to 10 kilograms of packages, covering up to 100 destinations simultaneously. The robot has a special drawer-shaped gripper that can connect with the ...

It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole decade since Amazon made that big move to acquire Kiva Systems. Back in 2012, it felt like a pretty significant gamble, bringing in a robotics company to shake ...

You might want to rethink that congratulatory pat-on-the-back you give yourself when choosing to recycle instead of trash your venti Starbucks cup. Recent studies have found that up to 79 percent of ...

Waste Sorting Robots Market size was valued at $1.7 billion in 2021, and is projected to reach $10.1 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 19.6% from 2022-2031 PORTLAND, OREGON, UNITED STATES, ...

The Sparrow robot picks up unpackaged items to sort them at Amazon's BOS27 Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Mass. JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP via Getty Images Warehouse robots are finally reaching ...

Every week 2 million packages enter and exit Amazon’s sorting facility in Otay Mesa. Within hours, they’re scanned, sorted by ZIP code, routed for delivery and loaded onto pallets where they’ll be ...

Amazon's experiment with delivery robots might have a science-fiction feel, but the potential cost savings for the e-commerce giant would be anything but fantasy. Morgan Stanley estimated the ...