Meet LIAM, the iPhone Recycling Robotic Arm

/ Artificial Intelligence/ I Phone/ Recycling/ Robotics

Updated 6.3.16, 10:53 AM EDT by Kathleen Riley

Rather than the usual parade of stats and milestones, CEO Tim Cook started off the March 21 Apple event by unveiling something totally new and different—LIAM, a robotic arm that's designed to break down old iPhones and separate all their component parts for recycling.

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