Technical Breakthrough Beyond the Starting Line:

In the just-concluded global first bipedal robot half marathon race, the first robot to cross the finish line has just been born: Tgong 1.2max, with a total time of 2 hours, 40 minutes and 24 seconds. In the 21-kilometer race the 2-hour, 40-minute battle, behind the championship of Tiangong 1.2max, hides the collective challenge that the biped robot industry knows but does not say - endurance. In this global first robot half marathon, the "battery anxiety" of the contestants is even greater than that of humans: batteries be replaced in the middle of the race, joints overheat and need emergency cooling, and the robot is forced to slow down in the sprint stage due to low battery... the champion Tiangong team had to activate a spare machine at the 15-kilometer mark because the main battle robot fell down.

This event is not only a performance testing field, but also a barometer of technological evolution. The problems amplified by the track are actually the common dilemma faced by mobile robots - when bipedal walking technology is gradually mature, how to achieve uninterrupted power supply in complex scenarios? How to make robots truly reliable productivity in real scenarios as factory assembly lines and logistics warehouses?

While ZoneCharge's wireless charging technology is restructuring the underlying logic of robot energy supply with its two engines of "Undetectedcharge" and "Dynamic Power Supply".

From standard modules to dynamic power supply:

The sole hides "mystery": Undetected charging

The robot makes a short stop at the refueling station, completing the charge without the need for plugging and unplugging interfaces, simply by touching the ground its two feet. ZoneCharge has designed a foot sole receiving end scheme for humanoid robots, embedding the receiving module into the robot's foot, andating with the transmitting pile that can be embedded in the ground for installation (the charging distance is about 5cm), the charging process becomes as natural as humans "resting drinking water".

This means: continuous charging and discharging can reduce the capacity of the robot battery; reduce the weight of the robot, wireless, no electrode exposure, suitable for variety of working environments, ensure stable energy transmission, high-density power design, reduce the impact of the receiving end on the motion balance.

Dynamic power supply: the "invisible energy belt" of the future track

Even more exciting is the "dynamic wireless power supply" technology, which has been verified in the logistics field, and may completely rewrite the rules of the game when the power supply coil is laid under the runway, the robot can run and charge at the same time, and the anxiety about endurance will become history from now on. Although it limited by cost at present, this scheme is more applied in industrial scenarios, but the potential it shows is clear enough: The robot marathon in the future may evolve into a "test extreme endurance" that never runs out of power.

The humanoid robot marathon is not about showing off, perhaps as the organizers say, these "crash moments" will eventually become the nourishment for evolution of the industry. And when robots no longer have to worry about battery life, engineers can focus more on solving core issues such as walking posture and environmental interaction - isn't another kind of "slow is fast"? When energy supply evolves from "intermittent events" to "continuous services", robots are likely to become real collaborators of humans As computer scientist Mark Weiser said: "The wisest technology is the one that integrates into the environment until it becomes invisible." ZoneCharge's wireless charging solution is evolving in this direction quietly.

From Boston Dynamics' backflips to robotic dance performances on the Spring Festival Gala stage, every stunning appearance of humanoid robots is a challenge to the of energy utilization efficiency. ZoneCharge's wireless charging solution is attempting to turn this challenge into the norm: when charging becomes imperceptible,, and ubiquitous, robots may eventually realize humanity's original fantasy of an "eternal machine." At this moment, we are more willing to see this marathon as a: the race for technological breakthroughs has no end, and wireless charging provides an invisible pair of running shoes that allow the industry to go further and freer.