Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writes on housing innovation for sustainability and affordability. At CES this year there were so many amazing gadgets, ...

Abstract: A key step in remanufacturing is disassembly of the “core” or the returned product to be remanufactured. Disassembly sequence planning is challenging due to uncertainties in the conditions ...

If you're running a business, you know how important it is to count every penny. One way to spare your budget is by performing repairs and upgrades on your MacBook yourself. The process of ...

Built and Coreo's Building Disassembly Plan acts as an “assembly plan in reverse,” documenting how materials, products and components can be dismantled for reuse, resale, donation or recycling.

Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) has great potential for skill acquisition in robotic disassembly, but the process in real-world scenarios remains inefficient. In response, we present an ...

Nothing lasts forever, even in construction. When a building is torn down, the result is usually a lot of rubble sent to landfill. This expert says it doesn’t have to be that way. Joe Karten, Head of ...

MAGDEBURG, Germany—Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF) here are developing an automated process for electronics recycling. The goal of the Intelligent ...

A new UN report finds that more and more electronic waste, or e-waste, is being produced worldwide—recycling efforts are not keeping pace, though. Valuable raw materials are not being recovered and ...

A new UN report finds that more and more electronic waste, or e-waste, is being produced worldwide—recycling efforts are not keeping pace, though. Valuable raw materials are not being recovered and ...