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The new EP Winch expands the range dedicated to plan-

Path Robotic’s Rove: etary gearboxes, a product that has characterized Rossi's expe-

Mobile Robotic Welding rience and production capacity for decades. "With EP Winch," says Davide Ferrari, R&D Manager Planetary Gearboxes and deputy CTO, "we are expanding our range by entering stra- tegic sectors with a very clear approach: not simply adding a product to the range, but making our Know-how available to customers and studying solutions capable of better integrating into their applications and responding to their needs.

The rotating housing that characterizes EP Winch allows the gearbox to be encased in the drum, so as to minimize overall dimensions. This is a particularly attractive solution, as well as featuring an elegant design, for the Marine, Construction and Mining sectors, where available space is often a decisive design constraint.

Path Robotics launched Rove, a mobile robotic welding

Car Carrier Elder Leader Trials system that pairs the company's Obsidian physical AI model

Autonomous Nav System with a quadruped robot. The launch marks an expansion for

Path Robotics – where Obsidian already delivers autonomous, adaptive welding inside ? xed cells, Rove extends that capabil- ity to the ? eld, bringing intelligent welding to the part rather than the part to the workpiece. Legged robots have long been considered too unstable for precision welding. Rove changes that narrative. Obsidian empowers Rove with the perception and adaptability needed to operate in high-variability environ- ments, like shipbuilding.Saronic Technologies is one of the ? rst early adopters to evaluate the system, integrating Rove's intelligent mobile welding into its physical AI-powered ship- building operations in Franklin, Louisiana.

Rossi Expands its Planetary Range

NYK with EP Winch

NYK-operated car carrier Elder Leader, which is equipped

With EP Winch, Rossi strengthens its offering in the Ma- with an autonomous navigation system, made its ? rst call at rine, Construction and Mining sectors.

Rossi S.p.A., an international company headquartered in the port of Singapore, and NYK, together with the NYK Group company MTI Co., Ltd. and the Maritime and Port Author-

Modena and one of the world's leading groups in the produc- ity of Singapore (MPA), conducted a demonstration trial to tion of gearboxes, gearmotors and electric motors, presents the verify the interoperability between the vessel’s autonomous

EP Winch, the new planetary gearbox with rotating housing.

navigation system and the port systems. The vessel is a next- generation car carrier equipped with marine DX technolo- gies, including an advanced autonomous navigation system, a large-motion mitigation system, and a comprehensive on- board Wi-Fi network covering the entire vessel. The vessel also adopts a decarbonized design utilizing lique? ed natural gas as fuel, which is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emis- sions. In 2024, NYK signed a MOU with MPA to promote decarbonization, digitalization, and human resource develop- ment in the maritime sector. The present demonstration trial was conducted in accordance with this MOU and under strict safety management, following a prior risk assessment, with the ship master, ship’s bridge team, and a pilot in attendance.

Remote pilotage was limited to navigation through the chan- nel and fairways only.

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