Fanuc helps Recycleye enter waste handling with AI robotic picking

This has helped to produce results such as a 12% increase in sorting accuracy and improved line output of 10%, helping to boost their bottom line and providing a solution to ongoing labour shortages.

The Fanuc LR Mate robot separates those recyclables into different material classes such as plastics, aluminium, paper and carboard. It is allegedly the most accurate and efficient AI robotic picking solution, which can operate 24/7, picking up to 33,000 items per robot over 10 hours.

Victor Dewulf, chief executive, has stated “And thanks to its sophisticated sensors, there’s no wasted travel – if it’s not gripping anything, it won’t move to the bin. Reliability was another key factor for us. It can operate 24/7 for eight years and still come back to the same millimetre point it has been told to move to.”

Peter Hedley, chief technical officer, added: “Recycleye Robotics is more consistently accurate than a human worker and can work safely alongside human employees, thanks to its safety guarding.”