Close Only Counts in Horseshoes, Hand Grenades … and Wireless Charging?

Among the products on display at Xponential 2021 was an innovative wireless charging system from Wibotics. What sets the company’s products apart is that they have been designed specifically for use on autonomous systems, like drones and robots, that move autonomously and might not always be perfectly aligned with their charging base at the end of a deployment. Charging is initiated with a bi-directional radio transmission between the robot and the charger, which establishes both that the robot is in position and ready to take on a charge, as well as its precise distance from the charger. With this information, the charger can determine the precise level of power to deliver the most efficient charge rate across the gap. Furthermore, no power is wasted by transmitting energy when the robot…

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