Sorted Technologies builds SortBot, a retrofittable AI sorting robot for material recovery facilities (MRFs), and Sorted Light, a scanning device used to characterize waste streams. The UK-based company designs its robotic sorting hardware to be added onto existing MRF lines rather than requiring a full line rebuild.
Core products
SortBot combines computer-vision material recognition with a robotic picking arm to sort recyclables from a moving conveyor line. Sorted Light is a compact scanning unit used to analyze the composition of a waste or recycling stream.
Materials and applications
Sorted Technologies systems are aimed at single-stream municipal solid waste sorting lines, where mixed recyclables need to be separated into distinct material streams before baling.
Background
Sorted Technologies has been covered by Tech.eu for its retrofit approach to MRF automation.
