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Why Opportunity Charging Is Winning as Robot Fleets Scale
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Ben Waters, CEO of Wibotic, joins Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre to discuss how wireless charging is evolving for larger, more autonomous robotics fleets. The conversation explores why opportunity charging—charging robots during natural idle moments—is becoming essential for maintaining uptime at scale. Ben explains the trade-offs between charging speed, battery size, infrastructure costs, safety, and maintenance. They also discuss Wibotic’s expansion into outdoor robotics, medical carts, drones, humanoids, defense, and other markets; the company’s IP65-rated 1-kilowatt charger; development toward 3-kilowatt systems; and software that helps customers model ROI and predict battery…