Demo here I think: "This video shows the IMAGINE Robotic Disassembly System at Milestone 3. The system is able to analyze an electronic device (here a HDD) placed in its workspace."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8aEZnSdiCA
Indeed that's been a huge problem to date. Here's hoping they've made actual progress: "The robust process is tolerant to contaminants in the feed. This means easier pretreatment of the feed before the Olefy processing." (from the bullet points about halfway through the article)
I had misunderstood this idea as minimising the WIP, but it's about optimisation.
Quotes:
"How can I find out what the ideal WIP limit is for the system I am in?"
"After a few iterations and having recorded the learnings in retrospectives, we collectively decided to increase the WIP."
These are the measures to watch as they were unavailable at the start of the pandemic. Hospital admissions, Covi-19 occupied beds and ventilator beds have all roughly doubled from 1-14 Sep.
As used in the Event Horizon Telescope from what I've been reading. Multi-generational, upgradeable, modular, resilient, robust, fixable, shippable storage (any adjectives I've missed?) - with thoroughly understood performance for high data rate transfers - operating in at high altitude away from normal spare parts supply chains. Device production lifecycle to match scientific programme schedule. Somewhere in the region of 6PB's worth crated and returned post-acquisition to the EHT consortium processing sites.