Every week, “my” local robot wakes me on the early side of dawn. Crash! BANG! Klonkkkkkk. But you know what- I’m actually really proud of its ability to work with me on sorting regular old household trash for Ultimate Global Goodness. I pre-sort my stuff 3 ways all week long, and The Sideways Skoochy Arm + Giant Horizontal Hand (there are many different hand/arm configurations) reliably comes by the house, 3 times in one day- once for each bin. Up up UP! and over the top. The robot recycling arm is Over The Top Fun to watch, and ponder the revolution in garbage processing.   Up until the 1990′s, garbage was pretty much collected by human hands.

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Special thanks to Teresa at ACI in Alameda, CA for info and images!

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