The recently announced collaboration between Innodisk, RealSense, and EverestLabs aims to revolutionise industrial recycling efficiency through an integrated AI solution.
This joint endeavour combines Innodisk's APEX-P200 edge AI system, RealSense depth cameras, and EverestLabs' RecycleOS platform, facilitating precise material identification and sorting directly on recycling lines.
Strategic partnership for AI-driven recycling
Innodisk, known for its global AI solutions, has teamed up with RealSense and EverestLabs—a leader in AI-driven recycling automation—to provide a robust, real-time AI vision solution. This system is specifically designed for the challenging conditions found in industrial recycling operations.
Traditional methods often fall short due to the complexity of mixed waste
The collaboration introduces a durable and advanced edge AI system, critical for conditions requiring rapid decisions, resilience to environmental factors, and uninterrupted operation. This is particularly beneficial for Material Recovery Facilities, recycling operators, and waste management firms, which face pressures to boost recovery rates, maintain material quality, and achieve operational efficiency under strict regulatory standards. Traditional methods often fall short due to the complexity of mixed waste, leading to contamination and reduced material value.
Advanced multi-camera 3D analysis
The core of this solution is the rugged APEX-P200 edge AI system from Innodisk, capable of handling harsh recycling conditions, including constant vibration, dust, and temperature variations. Equipped with a 13th-Gen Intel Core i7 processor and an NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada GPU, the platform supports real-time, high-performance 3D analysis with multiple cameras. This edge AI processing allows for immediate decision-making, effectively bypassing the need for cloud-based computation, thus enhancing throughput and material purity.
"Advancing sustainable recycling requires an edge AI solution that provides reliability in real-world industrial conditions," stated Victor Le, President of Innodisk USA Corporation. "Working with EverestLabs and RealSense, we're delivering platforms that run continuously on production lines, helping facilities improve both recovery rates and environmental impact."
Precision in real-time sorting
The RealSense depth camera offers precise 3D depth and aligned colour imaging
The RealSense depth camera offers precise 3D depth and aligned colour imaging, crucial for measuring and segmenting overlapping materials moving rapidly. Coupled with the high processing capabilities of the APEX-P200, this system dramatically improves AI model performance, enabling consistent and accurate sorting decisions.
Nadav Orbach, CEO of RealSense, remarked, "Getting recycling right comes down to reliable perception in harsh, high-speed conditions. Together with Innodisk and EverestLabs, we're bringing production-grade 3D sensing to the line so operators can increase purity and recovery without slowing throughput."
Integration into AI-powered recycling systems
EverestLabs implements the APEX-P200 and RealSense technology into its AI-driven recycling systems, which play a significant role in enhancing operational efficiency and scaling automated sorting across facilities. This integration is crucial for improving material recovery and reducing contamination, with Vision AI models tailored for these purposes.
"Our systems operate in some of the world's toughest industrial environments and require embedded-grade reliability, high-accuracy Physical AI, and real-time responsiveness," said Ravichandra Malapati, Principal Engineer at EverestLabs. "Innodisk's APEX-P200 meets all three requirements."
This partnership highlights Innodisk's commitment to forging alliances across different sectors, from niche market experts to advanced sensory technology pioneers. By supplying versatile edge AI platforms and exceptional integration expertise, Innodisk empowers its partners to swiftly introduce industry-specific, production-ready solutions on a large scale.
The joint solution combines Innodisk’s APEX-P200 edge AI system, RealSense depth cameras, and EverestLabs’ RecycleOS platform to enable accurate material identification and sorting directly on recycling facility production lines.
Innodisk, a global AI solution provider, announces a strategic collaboration with RealSense and EverestLabs—a pioneer in AI-powered recycling automation—to deliver a scalable, real-time AI vision solution engineered for demanding conditions of industrial recycling environments.
Industrial recycling environments
The joint solution integrates Innodisk’s rugged APEX-P200 edge AI system with RealSense’s depth camera and EverestLabs’s RecycleOS platform, enabling accurate material identification and sorting directly on the plant floor—where split-second decisions, environmental resilience, and continuous uptime are critical.
Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), recycling operators, and waste management companies face mounting pressure to improve recovery rates, material quality, and labour efficiency while meeting stringent regulatory requirements. Traditional sorting methods struggle with the volume and complexity of mixed waste streams, resulting in contamination, lower material value, and operational inefficiencies.
Multi-camera 3D analysis
The joint solution integrates Innodisk’s rugged APEX-P200 edge AI system with RealSense’s depth camera
At the heart of the solution is the Innodisk APEX-P200, an industrial-grade edge AI platform engineered to withstand harsh recycling conditions, including constant vibration, dust, variable lighting, and temperature fluctuations. Powered by a 13th-Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor and an NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada GPU delivering up to 120 INT8 TOPS, the platform provides the high-performance compute required for real-time, multi-camera 3D analysis. By processing AI inference at the edge, the solution enables immediate decision-making without cloud dependency, helping facilities maintain throughput while improving material recovery and purity.
"Advancing sustainable recycling requires an edge AI solution that provides reliability in real-world industrial conditions," said Victor Le, President of Innodisk USA Corporation. "Working with EverestLabs and RealSense, we're delivering platforms that run continuously on production lines, helping facilities improve both recovery rates and environmental impact."
Real-time sorting decisions
RealSense’s depth camera provides factory-calibrated 3D depth with aligned colour imaging, enabling precise measurement and segmentation of mixed, overlapping materials moving at conveyor speeds. As these high-precision imaging data streams require high-performance and reliable computing, Innodisk’s APEX-P200 serves as the ideal engine for the task. This combination of spatially accurate data and robust processing significantly enhances AI model performance, supporting consistent, real-time sorting decisions.
“Getting recycling right comes down to reliable perception in harsh, high-speed conditions,” said Nadav Orbach, CEO of RealSense. “Together with Innodisk and EverestLabs, we’re bringing production-grade 3D sensing to the line so operators can increase purity and recovery without slowing throughput.”
AI-powered recycling systems
EverestLabs integrates the APEX-P200 and RealSense technology into its AI-powered recycling systems
EverestLabs integrates the APEX-P200 and RealSense technology into its AI-powered recycling systems, deploying advanced Vision AI models that help Material Recovery Facilities improve operational efficiency, reduce contamination, and scale AI-driven automation across facilities.
“Our systems operate in some of the world’s toughest industrial environments and require embedded-grade reliability, high-accuracy Physical AI, and real-time responsiveness,” said Ravichandra Malapati, Principal Engineer at EverestLabs. “Innodisk’s APEX-P200 meets all three requirements.”
This collaboration reflects Innodisk's strategy of partnering across the value chain—from vertical market specialists to advanced sensing innovators. With flexible edge AI platforms and deep integration expertise, Innodisk enables partners to rapidly deploy production-ready solutions tailored to industry-specific requirements at scale
