from chemistry to pack
A humanoid robot asks for something an electric car never does: a battery that fits inside a torso, delivers short, sharp bursts of power to dozens of joint motors and the onboard compute at the same time, and still lasts a working shift. This post lays out those requirements and why they push the industry … Read more
Boston Dynamics are very frugal with the data they release about their products and especially about the battery packs. However, we thought it would be good to see what we can find. This will also give us another reference point for the sizing of battery packs for industrial robots. The specification sheet [1] has a … Read more
The UBTECH Robotics Walker S2 robot battery swap demonstrates a robot that can operate indefinitely. The robot has two battery packs, thus allowing one to be removed and placed in the charger before a fully charged pack is taken from the charge station and placed in the robot. Uses: Factory floor automation, assembly line co-worker, … Read more
1. The AI Brain Needs a Body — And That Body Needs Power We’ve spent decades building the “brains” of artificial intelligence—language models, perception systems, planning algorithms—but real-world deployment demands much more than code. Whether it’s a humanoid robot like Tesla Optimus, Figure, an autonomous delivery bot like Starship, or an AI-powered drone swarm, all … Read more