Ford begins trialing a robotic arm for EV charging
prototype that could bring a charger to a vehicle parked in a garage, then hook up and disconnect on its own. Ford's device does without the reptilian choreography of the former and the mobility of the latter — a simple, articulated arm emerges to line itself up with a charge port using cameras. Dortmund University designed the device, which can be controlled from a smartphone app inside the vehicle, where occupants are able to monitor charge status in the FordPass app.
The automaker says it's looking forward to development of an autonomous valet-like charging system, where a vehicle owner could send his car to a station that would refill the without any human input, then the vehicle would return to the owner. Bridging the gap from here to there, Ford will work with European charging network Ionity"to further improve the robot charging station."
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