Robotic sorting for recycling — E-waste
Vision-guided robots sorting plastics, paper and metals. Delivered for a e-waste client in Jaipur.
- Location
- Jaipur
- Year
- 2026
- Duration
- 11 weeks
- Team
- 14 engineers
- 89
- picks per min
- 95%
- purity
- −39%
- landfill
The challenge
Leadership wanted measurable results inside one quarter, with no disruption to running operations.
What we built
We owned the whole stack — hardware, firmware, models and dashboards — using Hyperspectral, PyTorch, EtherCAT so there was one accountable team.
Delivery timeline
Phase 1
Discovery sprint and site survey
Phase 2
Prototype built and tested in the Motera lab
Phase 3
Pilot on site with before/after measurement
Phase 4
Scale-out, training and handover
Highlights
- Remote monitoring and over-the-air updates included
- Runs on-premises; no data leaves the site unless agreed
- Designed, built and supported from Motera, Ahmedabad
- Operator training delivered in Gujarati, Hindi and English
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