Biomorphic batteries could provide 72x more energy for robots

Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 13:01 in Physics & Chemistry

Like biological fat reserves store energy in animals, a new rechargeable zinc battery integrates into the structure of a robot to provide much more energy, a team led by the University of Michigan has shown. Nicholas Kotov This approach to increasing capacity will be particularly important as robots shrink to the microscale and below—scales at […]

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