The Future of Recycling at the Human-Robot Interface
Sponsored by the Center for Industrial Ecology and the Center for Green Chemistry Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Short Overview:
This workshop brings a unique group of experts joining from numerous fields and organizations to explore the potential of U.S. recycling and the changing roles of the technology and people within it. Outcomes from the workshop include establishing a long-lasting platform that allows communication among experts focusing on different aspects of this multidimensional problem, and formulating research questions that will be more informed and relevant about the state of the recycling industry and therefore more useful to addressing its most prominent issues.
Participants:
The Monday lecture is open to the public. The remainder of the workshop is by invitation.
Workshop Schedule:
Monday, February 17, 2020
5:00-6:00pm |
Opening session- “Beyond Dull, Dirty and Dangerous’: Humans and Robots in the Recycling Industry of the Future”, Key speaker- Matanya Horowitz, Founder and CEO, AMP Robotics |
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Welcome Coffee and Continental Breakfast Introduction to the Project and Workshop Goals NSF Robotics and Recycling Grant: Berk Calli, WPI; Aaron Dollar, Yale Workshop: Marian Chertow, Yale Current Status and Future of the Waste Stream Jon Powell, CEO, PTP Informatics; Barbara Reck, Yale Response by Robert Heffernan, OWaste The Business of Robots and MRFs Matanya Horowitz, AMP Robotics Eric Camirand, Waste Robotics Paul Degnan, Casella Response by Aaron Dollar, Yale Group Discussion |
Lunch Designing MRFs for Human Workforce Outcomes: How Should the Interdependent Roles of Humans and Robots be Organized to Maintain, and Ideally Improve, Job Desirability, Worker Health, and Worker Motivation? Brian Scassellati, Yale Miriam Holsinger, Eureka Recycling Brian Linde, Yale Response by Yuna Cho, Yale Regulatory and Business Strategies for Optimizing Recycling Robert Klee, Former Commissioner, CT Department of Energy and Environment David Wagger, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Ryan Nordt, Waste Management, Inc. Group Discussion |
Break‐out by Specialization (each join one session): a. Robot Design and Manipulation – facilitators Berk Calli, WPI; Aaron Dollar, Yale b. Training People and Robots – facilitators Brian Scassellati, Yale; Jacob Whitehill, WPI c. Reconfiguring Recycling to Increase Job Options – facilitators Marian Chertow, Yale; Liddy Karter, Mizzen Capital Report from the 3 breakout groups and wrap‐up discussion Berk Calli, WPI and Marian Chertow, Yale |