Tech firm hopes MRFs are ready to do the robot

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Federally funded research into using robots to replace humans on MRF sorting lines could significantly lower materials sorting costs. "We'd like to reduce the cost of recycling and make it a little more cost-competitive with the cost of landfilling across the country," Matanya Horowitz of AMP Robotics told Resource Recycling. The National Science Foundation has awarded the Boulder, Colo. startup a $150,000 grant to support the research. The funding flowed through the Small Business Innovation Research program, which provides seed funding for projects that meet national priorities but are still considered too risky to attract money from venture capitalists, Horowitz said.