The shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy has led to a new concern: how to handle old or worn-out solar panels. This has given rise to 'urban mining,' a green solution for recycling solar panels and wind turbines. Researchers are developing robotic technology, including a robotic arm, tentacles, and tiny robots, to address various environmental challenges, such as cleaning up LEGOs, water, and picking up almost anything. ABB's largest robot, equipped with a gigantic googly eye, is also part of these technological advancements. CNBC reports that recycling 'end-of-life' solar panels and wind turbines is becoming a significant waste business in the climate tech sector.
Watch this tiny aquatic robot clean water https://t.co/lrqDCxVeaw
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Recycling 'end-of-life' solar panels, wind turbines, is about to be climate tech's big waste business https://t.co/msqqLyybAb
Researchers made a bat robot, and we're only slightly creeped out https://t.co/HcjoGYbP8L
This tiny robot is the size of a penny https://t.co/hqzrweGZjj
Researchers develop robot tentacles to pick up almost anything https://t.co/JCXCccib50
The way solar panels are cleaned using a robot https://t.co/KxOH1rxegu
ABB's largest robot gets a gigantic googly eye https://t.co/i2Ho4dX0E2
This machine could make cleaning up your LEGOs infinitely easier https://t.co/z7UbalNYeI
Solutions for Solar Panel Waste Are Just Beginning to Surface ⤵️ https://t.co/mJJbccNJow
Researchers hope this robotic arm will realize our home robot dreams https://t.co/SGbAzYL9fw
As the world pivots from planet-warming fossil fuels to renewable energy, a new pollution problem is rearing its head: What to do with old or worn-out solar panels? ➡️ https://t.co/llLVq3YG4s https://t.co/0a7CVHkiHm
‘Urban mining’ offers green solution to old solar panels https://t.co/nZ6NlWWECp