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Ford Trials Robot Charging Station to Support Disabled Drivers

For most of us, filling a car with fuel, or charging an electric vehicle is a simple task. But for disabled drivers, people with reduced mobility and older people it can be a significant challenge. Now, Ford has developed a prototype robot charging station that drivers operate via their smartphone from inside their electric vehicle. The technology could enable disabled drivers to stay in the car while charging, or they could leave the car while the robot does all the work.

Skeleton to Build World's Largest Supercapacitor Factory with Siemens

Skeleton Technologies and Siemens are announcing a far-reaching technology partnership for the development, planning and implementation of a fully automated, digitalized manufacturing plant to produce supercapacitors in Germany.

CEMEX Invests in COBOD's 3D Printing Tech

CEMEX and COBOD have been working together over the last year to innovate in the 3D printing space. Through this partnership, they recently introduced a 3D printing solution that utilizes conventional ready-mix concrete in the building process. The solution can deliver significant savings versus traditional 3D printing construction methods and has been implemented in several geographies.

CorPower Ocean Delivers First Commercial-Scale WEC Hull

CorPower Ocean has teamed up with composite machinery specialist Autonational and composite tank experts CPT Tankwell to successfully develop its first commercial-scale hull in Viana do Castelo (Portugal), using a custom-built machine, installed inside an environmentally controlled work cell that will become the future regarding mobility and scalability of CorPower's composite manufacturing capabilities.

Energy Link Connecting Germany and the United States

The European Investment Bank — as part of a consortium of more than 20 international banks — has agreed on the financing structure of the first ever energy link connecting Germany and the United Kingdom.

Nidec ASI New Project in Northern Ireland

Nidec ASI, part of the Energy & Infrastructure Division of the Nidec Group, continues to grow in Europe, this time providing Battery Energy Storage System solutions for a major project in Northern Ireland, UK. This plant meets new global environmental and energy needs and the growing demand for renewable energy sources which, thanks to energy storage solutions, can become even more widespread, thus contributing to, and accelerating, the energy transition from fossil fuels to solar, wind and hydro power.

Bionic Clothing Innovator CIONIC Collaboration with Yves Behar

CIONIC announces a collaboration with designer Yves Behar and his multidisciplinary design firm, fuseproject. The collaboration between fuseproject and CIONIC marries thoughtfully inclusive design with revolutionary mobility technology to deliver the Cionic Neural Sleeve, an FDA-cleared bionic leg wearable that uses AI to understand and influence human mobility in real-time, enabling greater access and independence for individuals living with mobility differences such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, cerebral palsy, and more.

New Battery Energy Storage System for Turtle Island Beach Resort

On.Energy has been awarded the deployment and operation for a Battery Energy Storage System and Energy Management System in an isolated microgrid application for Solar Axiom at the Turtle Island Beach Resort.

TES Fundraising of €65m to Accelerate European Energy Transition

Tree Energy Solutions has successfully concluded its second fundraising round at €65m. This new capital will enable TES to accelerate the clean energy transition by building the world's largest hydrogen projects by 2030. The fundraising attracted a global investor base comprising leading financial institutions and international energy corporations including E.ON, HSBC, UniCredit and Zodiac Maritime.

Velo3D Partners with Hartech Group

The partnership makes Hartech Group a preferred distributor for the federal government for Velo3D. Together, the companies will deliver full-service project execution for the sale, installation, and onboarding of Velo3D's advanced metal additive manufacturing solution.

Dutch Wind Energy Start-Up €4+ Million for Further Development

Kitepower has used €4+ million from the preceding rounds to further develop its mobile airborne system into a mature and applicable system. There have been three successful pilots - including a pilot with the Dutch Ministry of Defence - and nine versions of the Kitepower system. As a result the Delft-based start-up is now ready for the next phase: introducing the first mobile airborne wind energy system to the market.

Copprint Announce First 7 Figure Multi-Ton Copper Inks Order

Copprint is proud to announce the first 7 figure multi-ton copper inks order from a Fortune 500 company. This order covers a 12 months supply to be used in the customer's production line, with projected 10x growth in 2-3 years.

NEURA Robotics: Cognitive Collaborative Robots with AI

NEURA Robotics is a relatively new company, founded in 2019 and now consisting of 140 people based in Germany. IDTechEx had an interview with NEURA Robotics at Automatica 2022 in Munich, Germany. The company suggested that its huge stand at Automatica was a debut for its cobot and autonomous vehicle technology.

Patient Deterioration Predictor to Surpass Traditional Vital Signs

An artificial intelligence-driven device that works to detect and predict hemodynamic instability may provide a more accurate picture of patient deterioration than traditional vital sign measurements, a study suggests.

World's First Demonstration of a Laser Controlled Drone During Flight

The world's first successful demonstration of an airborne un-crewed platform being controlled via a laser communication system; strengthening military capability for covert, low detection probability operations in the future.

All-In-One Solar Powered Tower Makes Carbon-Neutral Jet Fuel

Researchers have designed a fuel production system that uses water, carbon dioxide and sunlight to produce aviation fuel. They have implemented the system in the field, and the design could help the aviation industry become carbon neutral.

Momentum Dynamics (InductEV)

Momentum Dynamics designs and manufactures high power wireless charging systems for commercial fleets. IDTechEx spoke to Senior Consultant Gabriel Samuelsson, who highlighted the technical innovations and deployment strategy for its system.

Highly Transparent Solar Cell with 2D Atomic Sheet Fabricated

Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change. A research group has fabricated a highly transparent solar cell with a 2D atomic sheet. These near-invisible solar cells achieved an average visible transparency of 79%, meaning they can, in theory, be placed everywhere - building windows, the front panel of cars, and even human skin.

Universal Robots — The Largest Cobot Player

Universal Robots are touted as the creator of the collaborative robot. Based in Denmark, the business has now been acquired by Teledyne. Universal Robots have sold over 50,000 cobots into various industries and are the largest player in the cobot market.

ePropulsion: Direct-Drive Electric Outboards

ePropulsion, founded in Hong Kong in 2016, is a maker of compelling electric outboard solutions between 0.3-300kW. The company is growing rapidly and has a unique value proposition: efficient direct-drive propulsion systems and low-cost batteries. IDTechEx interviewed the company to learn more.