Apple introduces Liam; their first phone recycling robot

As we all know the world is running out of resources. And most of the resources that we are running out of are used in mobile phones. When we look at the mobile phone category, Apple is the most well-known, as Apple is arguably the biggest smartphone producer in the world. Furthermore, with their new invention, they could be making a big environmental step forward.

Apple's newest invention is a robotic system, called Liam. The robot can fully take a part any iPhone and then it will sort out the parts that are still reusable. These parts that have been recycled could potentially be used in other Apple devices in the future.

Apple's Liam robotic system can completely disassemble an iPhone 6 in 11 seconds. Now, this can save a lot of labour and time, which is extremely impressive. The goal of the robot is to stop electronic wastelands and dumps from filling up, and to save useful resources like tungsten, cobalt, copper, silver, gold, tin and aluminum. Another main reason that Apple developed Liam is to raise awareness to their Apple Renew Program, which Apple users can send their broken devices in or hand them over in retail stores to be recycled at a later date.

Personally, I think this is a massive step forward, as Apple's robot could make a huge envoirmental impact, and it can also trigger companies to do the same.

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