H.E.R.O.

Edinburgh start-up Danu Robotics has raised $5 million to bring H.E.R.O., a pincer-claw recycling robot with self-improving AI, to sorting sites. We explain how it works, work out the payback on Danu’s own figures, compare its speed and funding with AMP, Glacier and Recycleye, and look at the UK and EU rules driving demand.