Daisy recycling robot now smashes iPhones for speed

Apple has shown off its Daisy robot for recycling iPhones before, but now it's become much faster by using brute force.Notice the debris on the floor from Daisy smashing iPhones to get to their components Daisy is comprised of four sections, all housed within this one structure. (Photo: TechCrunch, Brian Heater)Daisy has been stripping old iPhones for parts for many years now, and is part of Apple's aim to end mining for resources. it was itself an update to a previous robot called Liam, which would originally dissemble an iPhone in 12 minutes.Later versions of Liam got that down to 11 seconds, and according to TechCrunch, Daisy now strips an iPhone in 18 seconds. That's obviously slower than with Liam, but where the older machine could only dissemble the iPhone 6, Daisy can handle 29 different models. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums