Global electronic waste reached approximately 62 million metric tons in 2022, with soft robots—widely ...
The rapid proliferation of robots and electronic devices is placing the world under a new and growing environmental burden.
If you’re designing a robot for a specific purpose, you’re probably ordering fresh parts and going with a clean sheet design. If you’re just building for fun though, you can just go with whatever ...
Innovations in solar energy. Image by © Tim Sandle (Barbican, London). Innovations in solar energy. Image by © Tim Sandle (Barbican, London). Scientists have called ...
Faced with rising volumes of electronic waste, researchers are turning to adaptable robotics to make recycling smarter, safer, and more efficient. At one of Europe’s largest e-waste facilities, much ...
The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life span is completed, researchers have advised. The robotics industry should be ...