Grip Robotics Builds Robots to Sort Complex Trash

Grip Robotics posted that its modular robotic cells use foundation models to grasp and sort deformable or entangled objects in waste streams. The company stated robotic manipulation for these never-before-seen items has just started working because hardware costs have dropped enough for viable economics. Investor Jared Friedman replied that the ETH Zürich founders began with only an idea two months earlier. Y Combinator retweeted the announcement and noted the robots target trash existing sorting machines cannot handle.