Purpose: This paper aims to illustrate the growing role robots are playing in recycling and product disassembly and provide an insight into recent research activities. Design/methodology/approach: Following a short introduction, this first considers robotic waste sorting systems and then...

Purpose: This paper aims to provide an insight into robot developments that use bioinspired design concepts. Design/methodology/approach: Following a short introduction to biomimetics, this paper first provides examples of bioinspired terrestrial, aerial and underwater robot navigation...