An automated system developed by MIT researchers designs and 3-D prints complex robotic parts called actuators that are optimized according to an enormous number of specifications. In short, the ...

Through a comprehensive feasibility study, Tomra and Circle- 8 Textile Ecosystems will explore the viability of an automated textile sorting and pre-processing facility. Credit: Shutterstock ...

Its purchase was part-funded by the Automatic-Sorting for Circularity and Textiles (ACT UK) project – which is supported by Innovate UK. Cyndi Rhoades, co-founder and CEO of Circle-8 Textile ...

While about 80% of manufacturers either use automation or plan to apply it to their operations, there are still a significant number of holdouts. McKinsey & Company notes that one of the major reasons ...

Few things are as synonymous with warehouses in the retail and e-commerce sectors as the sorters and conveyors that move the right products to the right location with speed and accuracy. Perhaps more ...

Global battery volumes are surging, yet recycling rates remain critically low at just 45 percent in the U.K. and 49 percent in the EU. Small batteries, defined as those under 5 kilograms (11 pounds), ...