{"id":558887,"date":"2021-02-10T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?p=558887"},"modified":"2021-02-09T14:56:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T19:56:51","slug":"wibotic-commander-offers-energy-management-robot-fleets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wibotic-commander-offers-energy-management-robot-fleets\/","title":{"rendered":"WiBotic Commander offers energy management for robot fleets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_558888\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558888\" class=\"wp-image-558888 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-map-view-commander-e1612899856961.jpg\" alt=\"WiBotic Commander\" width=\"1000\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-map-view-commander-e1612899856961.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-map-view-commander-e1612899856961-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-map-view-commander-e1612899856961-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-map-view-commander-e1612899856961-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-map-view-commander-e1612899856961-368x223.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-558888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>WiBotic&#8217;s Commander fleet energy management software provides an overview of charging asset. | Credit: WiBotic<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>WiBotic, a Seattle-based developer of wireless charging and power-optimization systems for robots, today launched fleet energy management software called Commander. It can help robotics users visualize, configure, and optimize delivery of energy throughout their fleet of robots or drones.<\/p>\n<p>Commander offers a visual display of charger availability and status, and historical information about which chargers are being used most. WiBotic said this allows customers to determine optimal charger placement to maximize opportunity charging and to set up personalized notifications when a robot is not charging properly.<\/p>\n<p>The system also has an API that allows users to control the charging function as a part of each robot\u2019s daily workflow. With the API, users can adjust variables such as charge voltage and speed (current) based upon each robot\u2019s schedule. For example, users can set up a scheme to charge quickly during the day when robot uptime is critical and slower at night to maximize overall battery lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year marks an inflection point for robot adoption, from mobile robots to aerial drones, even extending to underwater and space-based robots,\u201d said Ben Waters, CEO and co-founder, WiBotic. \u201cOrganizations that have evaluated small numbers of robots in the past are now realizing ROI, and are pivoting to scale-up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WiBotic highlighted these other additional features of Commander:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deploy a common charging infrastructure for all robots in a fleet, regardless of battery chemistry, voltage, or charge speed requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Auto-discover all transmitters and robots, eliminating time-consuming manual setup.<\/li>\n<li>Aggregate information on every charge cycle for every robot, allowing battery performance analysis to better predict failures.<\/li>\n<li>Adjust charge settings for groups of robots and push those updates to the fleet automatically.<\/li>\n<li>Benchmark battery performance across different chemistries and vendors to help customers make more informed decisions over time.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to update firmware for all WiBotic equipment simultaneously with a single keystroke.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_558889\" style=\"width: 1007px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558889\" class=\"wp-image-558889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-api-e1612900097194.jpg\" alt=\"WiBotic Commander\" width=\"997\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-api-e1612900097194.jpg 997w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-api-e1612900097194-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-api-e1612900097194-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-api-e1612900097194-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-api-e1612900097194-368x214.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-558889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>WiBotic Commander includes an API to customize certain settings. | Credit: WiBotic<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>RBR50 company Waypoint Robotics, a developer of autonomous mobile robots, has been a partner of WiBotic for several years. It launched its <a href=\"https:\/\/waypointrobotics.com\/enzone-wireless-power-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EnZone charging system<\/a> using WiBotic technology in 2018. Waypoint has been an early tester of the Commander software.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we deploy larger fleets of robots, we prioritize battery charging as a point of optimization,&#8221; said Waypoint Robotics CEO Jason Walker. &#8220;Robot availability and battery lifespan can be maximized if we know when, where, and how fast to charge; and Commander gives us that visibility and control. Commander also makes deployment and maintenance of multiple EnZones faster and easier than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June 2020, WiBotic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wibotic-raises-series-a-funding-expand-wireless-robot-charging\/\">closed a $5.7 million Series A funding round<\/a>. In August 2020, WiBotic received Federal Communications Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/fcc-grants-wibotic-300-watt-approval-wireless-charging-robots-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authorization<\/a> for its 300-watt wireless charging systems.<\/p>\n<p>And NASA recently awarded a $5.8 million contract to Astrobotic, Bosch, the University of Washington (UW), and WiBotic to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/nasa-initiative-developing-wireless-charging-lunar-robots\/\">overcome challenges of charging robots on the moon<\/a>. Astrobotic is the main contractor as its CubeRover ultralight rover will be heading to the moon aboard the Peregrine lunar lander in 2021. WiBotic&#8217;s involvement is to develop wireless charging systems and energy monitoring base stations for lunar robots, including the CubeRover.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_558890\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558890\" class=\"wp-image-558890 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-commander-charge-data-e1612900181212.jpg\" alt=\"WiBotic Commander\" width=\"1000\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-commander-charge-data-e1612900181212.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-commander-charge-data-e1612900181212-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-commander-charge-data-e1612900181212-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-commander-charge-data-e1612900181212-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wibotic-commander-charge-data-e1612900181212-368x219.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-558890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Plots in WiBotic Commander provide data on every charge cycle. | Credit: WiBotic<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WiBotic, a Seattle-based developer of wireless charging and power-optimization systems for robots, today launched fleet energy management software called Commander. 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