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karthikaqpt writes:

MIT’s CSAIL has created a new kind of Robot for sorting paper, plastic and metal objects. They achieved it by giving the robots a sense of touch. They named this recycling robot as RoCycle. Sorting the objects during the recycling process is a tough task and it will impose a Safety risk to the workers. So, this Recycling Robot can help to address that issue.

This Robot Finger is having Pressure and Strain Sensors to identify the Objects. And, it can detect the objects by knowing their conductivity also. That means, it can differentiate the actual metal and other materials looking like metal.

https://www.rtoz.org/2019/04/13/mits-new-recycling-robot-rocycle-can-sort-paper-plastic-and-metal-objects/ [rtoz.org]

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