Sorting Robots in action in Japan

Couldn't the picking out of certain pieces be simplified by a pre auto-sorting section that separates the large items from smaller ones? The smaller pieces could be moved to another ramp where they could be resorted by size and sent off to various side areas and then automatically placed in repositories there? Seems a huge waste of resources to have 4 robotic arms picking their way through the debris when I'm sure an even more simplified and accurate model could be developed.

Hello Steve, as we are not relying only on material recognition, but on a combination of material and shape ("looks") recognition, combined with very advanced data processing by artificial intelligence, I am pretty confident it works fine. We have not yet tested that, but could do it. So far every time (literally!) when we have tested something new, the system has surpassed the expectations of our geniouses that have developed it. The creators are surprised of what their baby can do. Kinda funny but that has happened over and over again!! : )

Hi Rainer ,how does it perform with +ve paper or -ve paper?

Congratulations, very nice and efficient technology!

Hi Igor, good to hear from you! One thing is that we are increasing arms per system. That improves price/performance ratio, since an additional arm is really not that expensive. Another thing is that many operators are now looking at installing several such systems in their plants. The near future will be plants that have many robotic systems running - just like car factories are doing. It is always a paradigm leap to start using robots, but once you do it, there is no upper limit!