THE PROBLEM
Recycling is hard. Rules change from place to place, new regulations are frequently introduced, and people are confused. Waste management remains the one process that corporations cannot measure or effectively sort. The burden of recycling is placed on individuals, and it is hard for busy people to get educated and keep up with the changing regulations.
OUR SOLUTION
What if there was a smart trash can that took care of recycling for you? You would no longer have to worry about manually separating your recyclables. What if there was a Trashbot™ that took your waste, separated the actual trash from recyclable waste and dynamically updated your waste management processes with data on trash and recycling? Introducing Trashbot™, a robotic trash can combining next-generation robotics and sensor technology to automatically sort recyclables from everyday trash.
Recycling is hard. Rules change from place to place, new regulations are frequently introduced, and people are confused. Waste management remains the one process that corporations cannot measure or effectively sort. The burden of recycling is placed on individuals, and it is hard for busy people to get educated and keep up with the changing regulations.
OUR SOLUTION
What if there was a smart trash can that took care of recycling for you? You would no longer have to worry about manually separating your recyclables. What if there was a Trashbot™ that took your waste, separated the actual trash from recyclable waste and dynamically updated your waste management processes with data on trash and recycling? Introducing Trashbot™, a robotic trash can combining next-generation robotics and sensor technology to automatically sort recyclables from everyday trash.
Location: United States, Colorado, Longmont
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $4.5M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Innovation... | innovation... |
| 09.05.2022 | Plug and P... | plugandpla... |
| - | AlphaLab G... | alphalabge... |
| - | GAN Ventur... | gan.co |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 25.08.2022 | Series A | $4.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.06.2023 | Pittsburgh Airport Launches TrashBot Smart Bin for Enhanced Passenger Recycling | Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and CleanRobotics announced a partnership to implement AI recycling bin TrashBot to assist with the airport’s waste management initiatives. As part of PIT’s commitment to supporting innovative aviation... |
| 16.02.2023 | Smart Recycling Bin TrashBot Sorts Waste While Delivering Feedback and Education To Users | Recycling tech startup CleanRobotics announces new features in its autonomous waste-sorting bin, TrashBot, that will enable it to deliver custom content in response to users throwing away waste. TrashBot revolutionizes the recycling process... |
| 18.08.2022 | The three true robotic startup outcomes | Allow me to borrow a phrase from baseball for a moment. If you follow the sport, you’re likely aware of the concept of the “three true outcomes.” They are, specifically, a home run, a strikeout, and a walk. The throughline between the three... |
| 13.08.2022 | TrashBot; A Colorado-based company that utilizes AI to sort recyclables | Several new firms are now trying to use robots to sort waste better. When it comes to recycling and sorting waste, the technology is designed to compensate for human shortcomings. People don’t care to sort out the trash often and even if th... |
| 12.08.2022 | TrashBot uses AI to sort recyclables | There are a number of startups working to improve trash sorting with robots. AMP Robotics is near the top of the list, coupling a picker and a conveyor belt to sort materials in large, automated facilities. The technology aims to correct hu... |
| 30.07.2021 | Americans aren’t good at recycling. CleanRobotics wants to make it easier with AI | A Pittsburgh startup is taking on the global recycling challenge with artificial intelligence. CleanRobotics has a method patent for its core technology, which its leaders used to develop their TrashBot series — a collection of three smart ... |
| 22.06.2021 | CMU spinoff Marinus Analytics is the only US finalist in the IBM Watson AI XPrize competition | Update: At the live IBM Watson AI XPRize competition’s final event on June 23, Marinus Analytics took home the third-prize award of $500,000. Read more details about the results. (6/23/21, 4 p.m.)A woman-led team of data pros is gaining int... |
| 28.05.2020 | CleanRobotics sweeps up the AI garbage game with two new TrashBot models | Are you smarter than a garbage can? Probably not, according to CleanRobotics co-founder and CEO Charles Yhap. When humans have to decide between the standard two-bin waste format — recycling versus landfill — “humans are making the choice c... |
| 26.03.2020 | Marinus Analytics plots next steps while awaiting AI XPRIZE decision | A four-year pitch competition? When the grand prize is $3 million, it’s definitely worth the wait. Pittsburgh’s Marinus Analytics, founded in 2014, registered for the inaugural AI XPRIZE in 2016. The nonprofit XPRIZE foundation provides big... |
| 03.03.2020 | This Week in Jobs: Build your tech career in Pittsburgh | Hi! You’re reading the first-ever Pittsburgh edition of This Week in Jobs (TWIJ), a weekly newsletter written by our team at Technical.ly in partnership with InnovatePGH and the Pittsburgh Innovation District. This week, we are sending it o... |
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