All MIE team that designed RoboBin, a smart waste sorter, featured on CBC News - Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Team Paramount AI, creators of RoboBin: (From left to right) Ganesh Vedula, Aakash Iyer, Nikunj Viramgama and Vaibhav Gupta. Another member, Maharshi Trivedi, could not attend the demonstration. (Paul Borkwood/CBC News)

Five Master of Engineering students from the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering – Maharshi Trivedi, Nikunj Viramgama, Aakash Iyer, Vaibhav Gupta and Ganesh Vedula – were recently featured on CBC for RoboBin, their smart waste sorter that won first place at KPMG’s international AI competition.

–Published November 20, 2019 by Pam Walls, pam@mie.utoronto.ca

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