Monday, 21 September 2015

Volvo's robots will quietly pick up and empty your garbage bin

Volvo is taking steps to improve its automation technology by helping develop autonomous garbage disposal robots which could hit the streets as early as next year

Volvo has announced a collaboration with companies and universities in Sweden and the US on ROAR (Robot-based Autonomous Refuse handling). The project aims to build robots that will assist garbage truck operators by doing all the heavy lifting for them, picking up and emptying refuse bins autonomously (under the driver's supervision) and as quietly as possible.

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