TECH NEWS
The recycling industry loses 40 per cent of its workers every year. A humanoid robot trained by VR headsets is the replacement plan.
TL;DR A family-run east London recycling firm is training a Chinese-built humanoid robot to sort waste on its conveyor belts, where staff turnover runs at 40 per cent and the fatality rate is eight times the national average. The robot is not yet operational, but the industry’s labour