On Monday, Apple held a spring conference to launch a four-inch phone and a new 9.7-inch tablet, all of which are expected in the media. On the same day, Apple also introduced a robotic system that specifically dismantled old mobile phones and extracted useful metal materials. The environmental protection organization praised Apple's move, and it is said that Apple will deploy a robotic splitting system in the United States and Europe.
According to Reuters, the robot system called "Liam" is mainly used to extract valuable metal materials from old mobile phones. This move is also Apple's response to the criticism that has been criticized by the outside world. Apple's mobile phone design is very small, but the dismantling process is very difficult, affecting the material recycling or re-refurbishment of old mobile phones.
Apple said that the spin-off robot system has been developed for three years, and the iPhone6 ​​mobile phone released two years ago will be split in the initial stage. Apple plans to continue to improve the system, in the future will be able to dismantle more Apple equipment and recycle more valuable materials.
The robotic spin-off system was put into use last month, and it took only 11 seconds to disassemble an iPhone6 ​​phone and recycle the aluminum, copper, gold, silver and other components. At this rate of work, the Liam system can dismantle millions of handsets a year, but only a fraction of the 231 million handsets Apple sold last year.
Greenpeace welcomed Apple's move and said that Apple has given a demonstration to big companies to recycle more used products instead of entering landfills. However, the organization also said that the overall effect of the robotic system is questionable because of the small amount of dismantling and recycling.
This robotic system belongs to Apple, and professional companies that specialize in recycling old mobile phones (including iPhones) will not be able to use the system.
Gary Cook, senior IT analyst at Greenpeace, said that Apple's R&D robots are used to spin off old phones. This is a good move, but in reality, more people are involved in spin-off and recycling. Apple should It is a complete solution to further increase the efficiency of these recycling practitioners.
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