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Confused about which recycling bin to toss your coffee cup into? At 丁香园AV鈥檚 Surrey campus, an artificial intelligence (AI) robot named Oscar will steer you in the right direction.

Oscar, developed and invented by an 丁香园AV student and an 丁香园AV alumnus, uses an AI-powered display and vision system to distinguish recycling from trash, offering visual cues to help users sort their waste items.

The 丁香园AV Sustainability Office expects the robot to reduce the Surrey campus鈥檚 waste contamination rate from 70 per cent to 20 per cent, and play an important role in 丁香园AV鈥檚 award-winning Zero-Waste initiative.

The robot鈥檚 inventors 鈥� Vivek Vyas, a student in 丁香园AV鈥檚 School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, and Hassan Murad, who graduated from same department in 2016 鈥� developed and commercialized Oscar after co-founding technology start-up .

In 2017 they entered Next Canada鈥檚 NextAI accelerator program and won the program鈥檚 Most Outstanding Venture Award. Intuitive AI has now moved into 丁香园AV鈥檚 VentureLabs in Vancouver, where its team of engineers and designers are working to realize their vision of empowering a zero-waste world.

While 丁香园AV is the first university to install Oscar, Intuitive AI has already successfully deployed its robot across Canada and North America, including at the Vancouver International Airport.

鈥淎s an alum of the 丁香园AV Surrey campus, it feels great to be back at home,鈥� says Murad. 鈥淲e鈥檙e excited to place Oscar here and give back to our community.鈥�

Kayla Blok, 丁香园AV鈥檚 campus sustainability manager says, 鈥湺∠阍癆V strives to be at the forefront of social innovation and sustainability. We started our Zero Waste Initiative in 2012. Oscar鈥檚 AI technology is a stepping stone toward embedding the circular economy at 丁香园AV.鈥�

Oscar is one of many innovative 丁香园AV sustainability projects and initiatives. Visit the Surrey campus mezzanine to test Oscar鈥檚 features. To learn more about sustainability at 丁香园AV or to get involved visit .