The final review of the European project ReconCycle represents the finish line of a long journey that began in February 2020, which saw qbrobotics collaborate with renowned research centres and universities, integrating and developing new innovative gripping systems for the recycling of electronic components.
The result of the synergy created at ReconCycle was the design of a reconfigurable robotic cell for the disassembly of electronic devices, with careful separation of the different materials that will then follow the respective recycling process.
To achieve this, the expertise of each partner was combined: from the design of robotic cell, safe and adaptive gripping systems, integration of vision and sensing systems, to algorithms for defining the disassembly strategy.
The ReconCycle Project allowed qbrobotics to face new industrial sectors, forging partnerships with important industrial and academic realities, with which it is tackling new technological challenges.
Moreover, qbrobotics presented a live demo of the automatic disassembly process of electronic devices at MECSPE 2023, winning the ‘Robotics Innovation Award’.
- JOŽEF STEFAN INSTITUTE [JSI], the Coordinator – Slovenia
- GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS [UGOE] – Germany
- FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA [IIT] – Italy
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN [TUM] – Germany
- ELECTROCYCLING GmbH [EY] – Germany
This project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 871352.