Orange Sparkle Ball was awarded a Real World Deployment Grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's Office of Future Mobility and Electrification. This grant is enabling us to put our Autonomous Robotic Pickup Platform into action through a series of pilots in the Transportation Innovation Zone of Detroit, established by the Office of Mobility Innovation at The City of Detroit.
In September 2024, Orange Sparkle Ball launched a pilot testing the autonomous robotic pickup of plastic bags for recycling in partnership with Intermode and Refraction AI, with support from the North Corktown Neighborhood Association. The collected plastic bags were processed by the Recycle Here! facility.
This pilot was successfully completed in October 2024. Case study and video results below.
Case study
We generated this document detailing the goals of the pilot, pickup process, KPIs, qualitative outcomes, survey results, issues and resolutions, and key learnings.
PILOT VIDEO
We documented the pilot operations to share the pickup process, reception of the technology by the community, and outcomes of the pilot, including key learnings and metrics.
PILOT AT A GLANCE
We generated this document with a high-level overview of the goals of the pilot, key metrics, community engagement, key takeaways, and pilot outputs.
Contact Hannah Ranieri to receive the full case study PDF.
