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GANZ Switchgear and Appliance Manufacturing Ltd. (GANZ KK) and the University of Dunaújváros have developed an automated, robotic, remote-controlled system suitable for group charging of EV-s (electric vehicles), the company announced.
The project received 796 million forints (approx. two million euros) from the National Research, Development and Innovation Office. The release says it is a significant innovation on an international level, and the total cost is 1.1 billion forints (2.8 million euros).
The charging system is able to identify vehicles parked in the right way, select the charging socket, and connect and disconnect it from the vehicle with its robotic arm, without the touch of a human hand.
As a single charging container can serve up to four vehicles at a time, the system can also be used to help companies optimize charging time in accordance with the specificities of their energy system. In other words, they can charge whenever it is most economical for them.
The main result of the project is shape recognition under sub-optimal lighting conditions by detecting the shape of a charging socket, which blends into the background of a black charging aperture.
Although different robotic arms are already available on the market, without this technique, the robotic arm that moves the charging socket would not be programmable, they said, adding that an international patent has been registered for this mechanism. According to the information provided, not only the complete finished product but also its individual modules would be sold separately, which would shorten the investment payback period. The expected revenues, however, were not disclosed.
Ganz KK is a 100% Hungarian-owned company. Its low-voltage electrical switchgear is used as control and protection components in power generation and distribution, in the mechanical engineering, construction, and chemical industries, as well as in agriculture and in households.
Via MTI, Featured image: Pixabay