[The Next Web] This ace drone and robot grime-fighting team could kill the garbage man

Volvo rubbish bot
Garbage collection is one of those jobs that you’d quickly notice if someone wasn’t doing it – but it’s also not one that many people would volunteer for. But in the same way that drivers, secretaries and travel agents are quickly looking like they’re headed onto the occupational scrap heap, it looks like the garbage man’s days are numbered too. Volvo has been working with a waste recycling company, plus three universities, to come up with the ultimate automatic rubbish robot. The design set upon uses a drone that launches from the roof of the garbage truck and flies around looking for cans that…

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