From pack to cell: AI-driven disassembly as the new bottleneck breaker in battery recycling
Battery inspection and disassembly are rapidly becoming one of the biggest bottlenecks in the circular battery value chain. Manual processes remain slow, costly, and risky — while automation powered by AI and robotics promises safer, faster, and more scalable solutions.
In this webinar, Recirculate and Rebelion, together with the Circular Battery Cluster, will explore how automated battery inspection and disassembly compare to manual approaches, what is already working in real industrial environments, and where the technology is heading next.
Whether you’re a battery manufacturer, recycler, second-life operator, automation or AI developer, researcher, or industry stakeholder, this webinar will provide practical insights on automated battery inspection and disassembly, including best practices, industrial use cases, and strategies to overcome bottlenecks in circular battery supply chains.
What You’ll Learn
Manual vs Automated Battery Inspection: Where We Stand Today
Why manual inspection and disassembly remain the industry standard and the main challenges they face, including safety risks, limited speed, repeatability, scalability, and high costs. Highlights where automation can make a difference and what is practical and effective in current industrial environments.
From Research to Industrial Reality: Automated Disassembly
AI- and robotics-driven disassembly from pack to cell level. Highlighting how machine learning identifies components and wiring, what works in real industrial settings today, and current bottlenecks, such as data gaps, lack of standardization, and battery design diversity.
Robotics, Inspection & Decision-Making
How automated inspection informs strategy selection, condition assessment, and reuse/recycling decisions. Explaining operation without QR codes or Digital Product Passports and ensuring data interoperability between inspection and disassembly systems for faster, more scalable operations.
Speakers
- Tomi Pitkäaho, PhD, Principal Lecturer in Research, Centria University of Applied Sciences
- Rustam Stolkin, Professor, Chair of Robotics, University of Birmingham, Founder and Director of the Extreme Robotics Lab
- Alireza Rastegarpanah, Visiting Professor, Lecturer, Aston University School of Computer Science and Digital Technologies
- Giampiero Pupillo, Automation Engineer, Comau
- Óscar Palacín Domínguez, Researcher, R+D+i Project Manager, Eurecat – Technology Centre
Discussion & Q&A
The webinar will conclude with a 15-minute interactive discussion, where our experts will explore key topics shaping the future of battery inspection and disassembly:
- The evolving boundary between manual and automated battery disassembly over the next 3–5 years
- Battery types currently best suited for automation
- The impact of missing Digital Product Passports on automated inspection
- Scaling automated disassembly without standardized battery designs
- Which delivers faster ROI: automating inspection or disassembly
- Most valuable data types for training AI and machine learning models in battery recycling
Date: 18th March at 4 p.m. CET
Join us to see how AI and robotics are breaking bottlenecks in battery inspection and disassembly, making recycling safer, faster, and more scalable. Don’t miss this chance to hear from leading experts and explore the future of circular battery operations.
Register Here: https://shorturl.at/4qFDu