[appleorchard46]

Yeah, maybe someone with more industry knowledge can give a better picture, but I have a hard time seeing how these robots would fit into and improve existing processes [0]. Garbage is mechanically sorted most of the way already; then IR is used to identify different plastics and air blasts are used to separate them out at dozens per second.

The Gemini robot tech is cool as heck, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't seem particularly well suited to industrial automation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUrBBBs7yzQ

[ghostly_s]

The problem with recycling is not sorting, it's that plastic being recyclable is a myth.[1]

1. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/plastic-wars/

[mclau156]

I dont see why a Gemini robot couldn't grab 20 dark clothing items from a hamper, put them in the laundry machine, wait an hour, take them out and put them in the dryer while I was at work (thanks return to office)

[masterj]

Modern heatpump-based combo washer-dryers have come a long way and are great for this use-case: https://www.geappliances.com/ge/connected-appliances/ultrafa...

[robotresearcher]

Maybe it could. But it won’t any time soon because it’d cost far more than you would pay for that service.

[mclau156]

there is a security risk for having to pay for a service to wash my clothes, I would prefer no human interaction