Doosan announced on Nov. 16 that its Doosan Bobcat fully electric skid-steer loader model S7X and Doosan Robotics’ recycling sorting solution Oscar the Sorter have been honored at the CES 2024 Innovation Awards, as revealed on Nov. 15 (local time).
The Doosan Bobcat S7X model triumphed in two categories: Sustainability, Eco Design & Smart Energy and Smart City. The S7X is a flagship skid-steer loader model by Doosan Bobcat, epitomizing eco-friendliness with its fully electric design, which eliminates not only internal combustion engines but also hydraulic systems. Compared to equivalent diesel models, the S7X has half the number of parts and reduces the quantity of oil, including hydraulic fluid, by 96%, making maintenance more manageable and significantly reducing maintenance costs. Importantly, it emits no pollutants.
The performance of the product has also been substantially enhanced. Its instantaneous motor torque is three times that of similar diesel models. Additionally, its smart power management system optimizes output according to the work situation, maximizing energy efficiency. It can operate for up to six hours on a single charge, and with charging during breaks, it can be used throughout the day. Noise and vibration levels have also been markedly reduced.
Doosan Robotics’ Oscar the Sorter, which won in the Artificial Intelligence category of the CES 2024 Innovation Awards, is a recycling sorting solution that applies AI and machine learning technologies based on the easy-to-use cooperative robot control software platform Dart Suite.
Doosan Robotics has developed a system that, without the need for vision recognition technology, measures and recognizes differences in current values based on intensity and size by picking up objects with its Gripper, the robotic hand of the cooperative robot. It can sort objects that look similar by material and has the advantage of being able to sort in situations where the front of an object is not visible.