REMADE R&D Project Featured in The Verge story, “Scientists are building an AI-powered robot to take apart your old phone”

A new REMADE research and development project, announced as part of RFP5 awards on Dec. 1, 2021, was featured in a story in The Verge titled, “Scientists are building an AI-powered robot to take apart your old phone.” The R&D project, “Improving Recycling Efficiency of Portable Electronics by Automating Battery Disassembly,” is led by Idaho National Laboratory and is comprised of project team members University at Buffalo, Iowa State University, and e-waste recycler Sunnking. According to the story, “if such technology can be commercialized, researchers are hopeful it could vastly improve the recycling of smartphones and other small, portable electronics.”