Posted 3/12/2024, 8:07:24 PM
AI-Powered Recycling Robots Trained to Identify Materials Like Toddlers Learning
- Glacier is creating AI-powered robots to help with recycling by identifying and sorting materials
- The robots are trained on examples of materials to get good at pattern matching, like a toddler learning
- Thin plastic grocery bags contaminate recycling, so robots learn to remove them back to the landfill
- "Wish-cycling" (unsure if an item is recyclable) does more harm than good - when in doubt, throw it out
- Some of Glacier's recycling robots are named after famous singers