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Research Targets Sorting Robots And Separating Chemicals To Improve Plastic Recycling – Forbes
The four-year grant is from the National Science Foundation’s Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation program; researchers are now building a robotic system…
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First off, the robots can help sort the plastic thats set aside for recycling. Second, the chemicals can help break down the plastics into valuable raw materials. The University at Buffalo in New York has been awarded $2 million from the National Science Foundation to make it happen.
The four-year grant from the foundations Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation program was announced in late 2020; researchers are now building a robotic…
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