How Waste Robotics, Greyparrot are enhancing sorting robots [Video]

Greyparrot and Waste Robotics partnered earlier this year to enhance Waste Robotics’ sortation capabilities. The company creates robots that sort a variety of wastes, including construction and demolition, recyclables, metals, and municipal solid waste, and the everyday items tossed out by the public.

The company uses FANUC robot arms paired with its proprietary AI and gripper technology. Now, it’s also using Greyparrot’s AI to ensure its robots are being used at the most important parts of the waste sortation process. 

Waste Robotics creates what it calls physical AI that helps robots identify and pick up a variety of items. The added AI layer from Greyparrot uses cameras to track all the materials passing on conveyor belts and create real-time insights on a live dashboard.

With Waste Robotics, the Greyparrot Analyzer is at work characterizing material streams and identifying the most impactful opportunities for automated robotic sorting. The combined product called the Robot Validator, …