ZenRobotics Ltd., headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, has launched the latest version of its robotic waste sorting system, permitting operators to fully train the ZenRobotics Recycler (ZRR).
With full training capabilities, operators can themselves guide and control the robot, says the company. The new feature enables customers to quickly react to changes in the waste stream, according to ZenRobotics.
Flexibility is one of the main benefits of robotic waste sorting, says the company. One robotic unit can sort numerous materials and objects of various shapes and sizes at the same time, reducing the need for complex preprocessing of waste. Coupled with unique recognition capability, ZenRobotics says waste sorting robots are the answer to ever-fluctuating waste streams.
Timo Taalas, ZenRobotics CEO, says, “Unique ability to learn new fractions allows waste operators to quickly react when the incoming waste changes. Also, increased flexibility results in increased return on investment when waste operators can modify the sorting task based on market conditions.”
Taalas continues, “This allows customers to explore new use-cases. For example, we had a customer who was sorting wood from C&D [construction and demolition] and found a customer for grade A wood. He was able to switch the sorting task on-the-go.”
ZenRobotics says Eberhard Group, Zurich, Switzerland, which installed a ZRR robotic sorting system in late summer 2015, has experienced the benefits of robotic waste sorting. The Eberhard Group is a family-owned waste management company.
Eberhard’s system was the first ZRR installation in Switzerland.
Martin Eberhard, Eberhard CEO, says, “Working with the ZRR allows us to respond quickly to changes in the quantities and properties of the input materials. For us it is important that the ZRR is flexible in sorting different kinds of materials under different conditions.”
He continues, “At the end of the sorting process we want to have pure mineral matter, without impurities, which can be used for recycled products. If there are impurities in the materials which have already passed through the ZRR, the system can later learn to recognise these impurities. We are able to train the robots to learn and handle different types of materials, which makes the system useful and profitable for us.”
ZRR systems are currently in use in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland, with an installation opening soon in Japan, according to the company.
“We have seen a huge increase in demand and we’re about to announce new market entries, like France, shortly,” Taalas says.
In addition, ZenRobotics says it is expanding its distribution network. In December 2015, ZenRobotics and Blue Group announced a distribution agreement for the U.K. and Ireland.
With full training capabilities, operators can themselves guide and control the robot, says the company. The new feature enables customers to quickly react to changes in the waste stream, according to ZenRobotics.
Flexibility is one of the main benefits of robotic waste sorting, says the company. One robotic unit can sort numerous materials and objects of various shapes and sizes at the same time, reducing the need for complex preprocessing of waste. Coupled with unique recognition capability, ZenRobotics says waste sorting robots are the answer to ever-fluctuating waste streams.
Timo Taalas, ZenRobotics CEO, says, “Unique ability to learn new fractions allows waste operators to quickly react when the incoming waste changes. Also, increased flexibility results in increased return on investment when waste operators can modify the sorting task based on market conditions.”
Taalas continues, “This allows customers to explore new use-cases. For example, we had a customer who was sorting wood from C&D [construction and demolition] and found a customer for grade A wood. He was able to switch the sorting task on-the-go.”
ZenRobotics says Eberhard Group, Zurich, Switzerland, which installed a ZRR robotic sorting system in late summer 2015, has experienced the benefits of robotic waste sorting. The Eberhard Group is a family-owned waste management company.
Eberhard’s system was the first ZRR installation in Switzerland.
Martin Eberhard, Eberhard CEO, says, “Working with the ZRR allows us to respond quickly to changes in the quantities and properties of the input materials. For us it is important that the ZRR is flexible in sorting different kinds of materials under different conditions.”
He continues, “At the end of the sorting process we want to have pure mineral matter, without impurities, which can be used for recycled products. If there are impurities in the materials which have already passed through the ZRR, the system can later learn to recognise these impurities. We are able to train the robots to learn and handle different types of materials, which makes the system useful and profitable for us.”
ZRR systems are currently in use in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland, with an installation opening soon in Japan, according to the company.
“We have seen a huge increase in demand and we’re about to announce new market entries, like France, shortly,” Taalas says.
In addition, ZenRobotics says it is expanding its distribution network. In December 2015, ZenRobotics and Blue Group announced a distribution agreement for the U.K. and Ireland.
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