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AMP Robotics Launches Cortex Dual-Robot System for Recycling

Organization: AMP Robotics
Country: United States
State: CO
Website: www.amprobotics.com
Year Founded: 2015
Number of Employees: 52

AMP Robotics' Cortex DRS is designed to make recycling more efficient and economical.

Description:

Louisville, Colo.-based AMP Robotics launched its Cortex Dual-Robot System (DRS) in May 2019. It is an expansion of its high-speed recycling robots guided by the Neuron platform, which uses computer vision and machine learning to recognize items of different shapes, as well as materials such as metal, paper, and plastic.

The AMP Cortex DRS uses two robots to pick and place materials for recycling around the clock at up to 160 pieces per minute -- twice as fast as human workers. The system can be easily added to existing recycling facilities, and its precision results in a purer stream of post-consumer materials and construction waste.

In September 2019, Single Stream Recyclers LLC (SSR) in Sarasota, Fla., added eight AMP systems to its existing six for sorting fiber in the largest deployment of its kind to date. SSR was able to increase its productivity while moving people to higher value-added roles.


Analysis:

The U.S. recycling industry has faced serious difficulties in the past few years, with fewer countries accepting mixed waste for sorting, chronic staff shortages, and the need to keep workers safe. The AMP Cortex DRS allows recyclers to extract materials for better commodity prices and protect people from handling dangerous items.

The ultimate benefit of AMP’s Cortex system is that it reduces the amount of waste going into overstuffed landfills and directs more materials toward recycling and less resource consumption. This could help U.S. industry achieve the economies of scale for profit-driven environmental protection. -- Eugene Demaitre

AMP Cortex DRS Source: AMP Robotics

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