The RECLAIM project is preparing to showcase its project results at ECOMONDO – The green technology expo, scheduled to be held in Rimini, Italy between 5-8, November, 2024. On the 6th of November, Wednesday, a workshop will take place from 10:00 to 13:00 with the theme: “From Waste to Resource: Innovative Approaches to Material Recovery […]
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The RECLAIM project, funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe program, aims to offer innovative solutions in the waste management industry in regions lacking material recovery facilities. By integrating cutting-edge AI, data, and robotic technologies, the project develops the first portable, robotic Material Recovery Facility (prMRF). This innovative solution enables material recovery in remote and geographically
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Mobilizing citizen science can play a pivotal role, generating data, raising awareness, engaging communities and driving policy action. Urgent actions by multiple stakeholders are needed across the plastic value chain to tackle plastic pollution, addressing both the production of plastic and sustainable management of waste. One crucial step could be mobilising citizen science as a
During the last week, the initial tests in our portable robotic Material Recovery Facility (prMRF) were completed successfully! We are very happy with the first results and we look forward to what’s coming next. 🔎 In the video below, you can see the robotic sorter grabbing the PET bottles and then, transporting them in the
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The RECLAIM project explores new, more innovative solutions, needed to reduce costs and improve waste treatment efficiency even further. (Published in Waste Management World). Despite the success of large-scale MRF facilities, there are cases where new, more innovative solutions are needed to reduce costs and improve waste treatment efficiency even further. The RECLAIM project explores
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This week, the IRIS technology team is visiting Greece in order to install additional equipment at the portable robotic Material Recovery Facility (prMRF). The installation includes the HSI (hyperspectral imaging) camera, the light components and also, the control cabinet which is responsible for processing the huge amounts of data generated by the HSI camera.Robenso is
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On Thursday, October 19th, the participants of the Erasmus project ‘Journey of a Tree’ (https://www.erasmusly.com/journey-of-a-tree-erasmus-project-35798.html) visited the Foundation for Research & Technology – FORTH. This program focuses on cooperation and the exchange of good practices. As part of the RECLAIM project, Mr. Michalis Maniadakis gave the visitors a presentation regarding the recycling process and the
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RECLAIM activities have been recently focused on the construction of the prMRF (portable robotic Material Recovery Facility) and the installation of the mechanical equipment within. Τhe mechanical equipment installed in the prMRF has gone under actual testing in the loop mode of operation for several hours . The prMRF has been fed with sample recyclable
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In this short film, you can see four techniques that have been developed, tested and evaluated by KU Leuven. At KU Leuven they are working hard on developing and testing new techniques for the portable, robotic Material Recovery Facility (prMRF). Techniques presented in the video: 1) High Airflow Vertical Conveying (HAVCO) gripper. This innovative
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The linear robots were installed in Robenso’s lab and several tests are being carried out to meet their limits and fine-tune them so that their performance is improved.These robots successfully manage to sort PET bottles at a very promising rate. More tests will be performed soon on more classes (e.g. aluminum, HDPE, tetrapak and more)
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