Refrigerators ground up and recycled into chairs by robot, Fanuc

What happens when you grind a refrigerator and program a robot to go creative with the pieces? Beautifully designed chairs are what you’ll get! Well, at least Fanuc does that, using the bead like bits of a ground up refrigerator to construct a sturdy customizable chair. And no, Fanuc isn’t human at all! This robot was put to task by designer Dirk Vander Kooij, who has had it construct chairs of different shapes and sizes and colors, each different from the other, using the ground up refrigerators. The bits are melted and the Fanuc squeezes the substance, layer by layer, just like a baker decorating a cake with icing. After two hours, a chair is produced by the Fanuc robot.

If the robot is made to work through the year, 4,000 chairs will be created annually, made from recycled refrigerators. Maybe a plant with a bunch of Fanuc clones working and building chairs could be a great way to dispose of old refrigerators.
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