RAC 26: Warehouse orchestration, automotive production and flexible robots

DATE: September 16, 2026
TIME: 04:00 PM EDT/ 1:00 PM PDT
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For large retailers, every minute a robot spends charging, waiting to charge, or offline for battery
maintenance is time it is not cleaning floors, gathering data, or delivering value. As fleets expand across hundreds of stores, maximizing performance requires more than selecting the right robot, battery, or charger independently. These components must operate as a coordinated energy system.
This session explores the opportunities that emerge where wireless charging infrastructure and battery technology intersect. Attendees will learn how aligning charge schedules, opportunity-charging strategies, battery operating parameters, and robot duty cycles can increase fleet availability, support battery longevity, reduce manual intervention, and create more consistent performance across locations.
The speakers will examine how data and decisions shared across the battery and charging system can improve energy utilization, inform maintenance
planning, and help operators scale fleets without proportionally increasing operational complexity.
Through real-world deployment insights, the session will offer practical guidance for designing charging and battery strategies around how robots actually work in the field.

Keeping Robots on the Floor: Where Smarter Charging Meets Better Battery Management

DATE: September 16, 2026
TIME: 04:00 PM EDT/ 1:00 PM PDT

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For large retailers, every minute a robot spends charging, waiting to charge, or offline for battery maintenance is time it is not cleaning floors, gathering data, or delivering value. As fleets expand across hundreds of stores, maximizing performance requires more than selecting the right robot, battery, or charger independently. These components must operate as a coordinated energy system.

This session explores the opportunities that emerge where wireless charging infrastructure and battery technology intersect. Attendees will learn how aligning charge schedules, opportunity-charging strategies, battery operating parameters, and robot duty cycles can increase fleet availability, support battery longevity, reduce manual intervention, and create more consistent performance across locations.

The speakers will examine how data and decisions shared across the battery and charging system can improve energy utilization, inform maintenance planning, and help operators scale fleets without proportionally increasing operational complexity.

Through real-world deployment insights, the session will offer practical guidance for designing charging and battery strategies around how robots actually work in the field.

The 2026 Robotics Applications Conference, RAC 26, welcomes industry experts to discuss the latest robotics and automation deployments for a one-day virtual conference on September 16.

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