03-Sep-2020 | Market Research Store
The researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a new rechargeable zinc battery that can be added into the edifice of a robot for more energy storage just like the fat reserves’ store energy in the animal body. The approach of advancing capacity in robots is a good option as they shrink to microscale and below. On the contrary, the conventional stand-alone batteries are generally big and ineffective. The new batteries are designed to occupy only 20% of the space or proportion similar to that of the robot’s weight. At present, the mobile robot application and manufacturing is found to be exploding as they are being used in drones, robotic nurses, warehouse robots, and bike-lane take-out bots.
From the micro point of view, the swarm robots have the capability to self-assemble to form larger devices. Moreover, the multifunctional structural batteries are found to aid in freeing space and lowering weight but they are till date being used as only supplement the main battery. It is the first time a structural battery will have high energy density compared to the lithium or zinc batteries. Meanwhile, the amalgamation of cost-effectiveness and energy density implies to a higher range of delivery robots. In the new battery, the zinc electrode, air side, electrolyte membrane, network of aramid nanofibers, and a new water-based polymer gel together aid in high power capacity generation.
Interestingly, the use of cheap and abundant nontoxic substances has made the new battery more environmental friendly in terms of application. Furthermore, the battery is fire-resistant and upcycable. The batteries are found to have excellent storage capacity as well as protect the robot organs. The researchers also plan to switch from a single battery to distributed energy storage through graph theory approach. The new biomorphic structural batteries for robotics will definitely be efficient.
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