Developing new concepts for batteries and exploring their potential is a lengthy process. "Our goal is to accelerate this process,," says Corsin Battaglia, head of Empa's "Materials for Energy Conversion" laboratory and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.. This is where the robotic platform Aurora comes into play. Aurora takes over the fully automated and, in future, autonomous selection of materials, assembly and analysis of battery cells.
Aurora is intended to automate time-consuming and error-prone steps in research and development. Empa researcher Enea Svaluto-Ferro implements and trains the steps with Aurora. "While the robot weighs, doses and assembles the individual cell components with constant precision, initiates and completes charging cycles precisely and performs other repetitive steps, researchers can use the generated data to drive the innovation process forward," says Svaluto-Ferro.
Aurora is intended to automate time-consuming and error-prone steps in research and development. Empa researcher Enea Svaluto-Ferro implements and trains the steps with Aurora. "While the robot weighs, doses and assembles the individual cell components with constant precision, initiates and completes charging cycles precisely and performs other repetitive steps, researchers can use the generated data to drive the innovation process forward," says Svaluto-Ferro.
