Waypoint launches wireless charging for mobile robots
路标(布斯C2549) EnZone推出无线power system for autonomous mobile robots, at a Monday press conference.
Matt Carlson, VP of business development for Wibotic (at left) and Jason Walker, CEO of Waypoint Robotics (booth C2549), with a Waypoint mobile autonomous robot next to an Enzone wireless charging dock.
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Waypoint(Booth C2549)launched EnZone, a wireless power system for autonomous mobile robots, at a Monday press conference.
EnZone’s high power wireless charging docks provide “opportunity charging” formobile robots, which allows them to operate for longer time periods since they can charge while paused. The software-defined power system is easy to use because it allows the intelligence in the robot to do the dock set up, rather than requiring special knowledge from users, saidJason Walker, Waypoint’s CEO.
“EnZone supports our focus on ease of use,” Walker said. “It makes charging locations exceptionally easy to set up, wherever you need them. It also enables on-demand power for payloads such as robotic arms.”
The on-demand power lessens the need for batteries on robots because attachments like picking arms could draw power wirelessly from an EnZone dock at the point of activity, rather than lugging extra batteries. Waypoint partnered withWiBotic(Booth C2548)for the wireless-charging technology.
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Roberto MichelRoberto Michel, senior editor for Modern, has covered manufacturing and supply chain management trends since 1996, mainly as a former staff editor and former contributor at Manufacturing Business Technology. He has been a contributor to Modern since 2004. He has worked on numerous show dailies, including at ProMat, the North American Material Handling Logistics show, and National Manufacturing Week. You can reach him at:[email protected]
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