Horowitz: AMP retrofits facilities over weekends, enabling lower costs and extra shifts
Matanya Horowitz · When robots recycle with Matanya Horowitz of AMP Robotics · Jul 6, 2023 · at 23:49
Matanya Horowitz, founder and CEO of AMP Robotics, explains how the company retrofits existing recycling plants with automated robotic sorting arms without interrupting weekday operations.
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“Most of that equipment gets installed over weekends when people aren't running anyway. And so you have this very like low friction path to automation. What you see is recycling facilities can use their lower cost structure to go after more material. They'll start running second shifts. They'll start expanding recycling programs.”
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