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Robots given '72 times more power' after breakthrough battery upgrade

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Robots can now store energy to allow for up to 72 times more power after a battery breakthrough, scientists have claimed. University of Michigan researchers, funded by the US Department of Defense, have developed a new rechargeable zinc battery.Previously robots were restricted by their need for batteries that could use up 20 per cent of space inside the body.But the new system allows for distributed energy storage similar to human fat reserves, they claim.Nicholas Kotov, a professor of engineering who led the study, said: “Robot designs are restricted by the need for batteries that often occupy 20 per cent or more of the available space inside a robot, or account for a similar proportion of the robot’s weight.“We don’t have a single sac of.

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