The article presents the potential and quality of Critical Raw Materials (CRM), concerning powders from NdFeB magnets composed of Rare Earth Elements (REE) recovered by a tailored robotized disassembly system backed up by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision. The technology focuses on processing the end-of-life Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) from Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). It allows the recovery of high-quality metals and rare earth elements magnets. From the HDDs, NdFeB magnet powder was generated by a hydrogenation process for its use in new magnet manufacturing, ie. by sintering or 3D printing. The composition of recovered hard disk drive magnet powder and its characterization are presented, as well as the description of the mass balance and recycling process. Next to recovery of critical raw materials, secure and environmentally friendly data destruction with its carriers, of the end-of-life computer hard disk drives, is presented and described. The presented solution opens a new approach to robotized, highly efficient recycling of tailored waste of electric and electronic devices. Finally, the article confirms the importance
Szałatkiewicz et al. (2025) studied this question.