The humble garbage run is getting a high-tech overhaul. From robot trash haulers that arrive on demand to electric trucks designed to silence the morning clatter of diesel engines, waste collection is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fairhaven is the first community on the East Coast to deploy the Jellyfishbot, an autonomous aquatic robot designed to remove ...

How do New Yorkers react to robots that approach them in public looking for trash? Surprisingly well, actually. Cornell researchers built and remotely controlled two trash barrel robots—one for ...

Up to 40% of all waste that goes into landfills is organic, said Chris Haar, education and outreach specialist for Hubbard Co ...