A&Ok Robotics picks Delta-Q as charger supplier for autonomous mobility pods

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A&Ok Robotics’ autonomous mobility pods are all-electric and supply a brand new manner for individuals to navigate venues. | Supply: A&Ok Robotics

Delta-Q will probably be offering its battery chargers for A&Ok Robotics’ autonomous mobility pods. The businesses say the partnership will assist advance sustainable city mobility initiatives throughout British Columbia. A&Ok says it would deploy its self-driving pods throughout airports, metropolitan areas, and populated transit areas over the subsequent a number of years. The absolutely autonomous, compact robots function 360º and 3D sensing techniques. 

The firm’s flagship robotic, Cruz Mobility, might be managed with CruzFleet, A&Ok’s cloud-connected fleet administration software program. This software program permits customers to coordinate groups of pods and dispatch them as wanted to any location inside their facility. The Vancouver-based firm purpose-built its Cruz pods to be used at scale in airports. 

“We see nice potential in the way forward for autonomous gear and the micro-mobility market, and we all know BC is a hub for innovation on this sector,” Matthew Anderson, CEO and co-founder of A&Ok Robotics, stated. “Our work advances vital environmental initiatives and improves experiences for people with decreased mobility. Collaborating with Delta-Q, a BC firm that shares our values and imaginative and prescient, is thrilling and a testomony to the area’s innovation. The autonomous area is rising, and collectively we’re poised to drive financial and sustainability enhancements for the area and communities worldwide.”

A&Ok examined its robots on the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport in 2022. The robots went to work on the airport’s departure stage Concourse C to assist individuals who wanted assist touring to their gates for flights or to get meals at eating places. 

Jai Farrell, deputy basic supervisor and chief business officer of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport, stated the check deployment yielded “very spectacular” outcomes. A&Ok spent 2023 closing a funding spherical, including extra performance to its platform, and collaborating with extra airports. 

Delta-Q goals to make city mobility extra sustainable

Delta-Q designs, checks, and manufactures battery chargers to enhance the efficiency of elective drive autos and industrial machines. It affords charging options for lead-acid and lithium batteries and companions with main battery and BMS producers to develop, check, and validate customized charging algorithms for enhanced efficiency and safer charging.

“We’re proud to associate with A&Ok Robotics to proceed making electrification and automation options extra accessible to communities and markets world wide,” Sarah MacKinnon, CEO of Delta-Q Applied sciences, stated. “By combining our experience and leveraging the help of ZAPI GROUP, we goal to energy the way forward for electrification, making city mobility extra sustainable and attainable. We’re thrilled to be part of shaping international, significant innovation with a fellow BC firm.”