Meet China’s AI-powered recycling robot that sorts 220 pounds of clothes in 2 to 3 minutes

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Reports differ across sources; according to abcnews.com, aI machine sorts clothes faster than humans to boost textile recycling in China A company in eastern China is using an artificial intelligence-powered machine to sort clothes and boost recycling The Fastsort-Textile machine, named one of Time magazine's Best Inventions of 2025, was created by DataBeyond, a Chinese AI recycling company founded in 2018.