Many workers are understandably concerned that AI could steal their jobs. But AI could also help do tasks that many people don't want to do, and a recent profile on the technology's impact on the job ...

Oh! What day is trash collection again...?”Have you ever frozen at the front door holding a trash bag while you were already ...

Two graduates of the University of Massachusetts Amherst created a robotics-based sorting trailer that recently was tested at the school. | Courtesy of rStream The University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Suffolk residents will no longer need to separate recyclables from their household trash beginning July 1 as the city transitions ...

rStream co-founders Ian Goodine, left, and Ethan Walko stand beside their trailer trash sorter Friday at the UMass Waste Recovery and Transfer Facility in Amherst. The mechanism within the trailer ...

Ian Goodine and Ethan Walko, co-founders of the Somerville-based startup "r-STREAM," with their AuditPRO machine that uses AI to sort trash. We’ve been hearing a lot about the dangers of artificial ...

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rStream founders Ian Goodine (left) & Ethan Walko pose in front of their portable robotic recycling sorter at the pilot test session at the UMass waste facility in March 2025. rStream, a ...

Researchers are breaking through the difficulties of robotic recognition of various common, yet complex, items. Their layered sensor is equipped with material detection at the surface and pressure ...