Reinforcements on all fronts

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Our newsletter to keep you up to date with all developments regarding the Grabowskis!

Team

We have had two new team members joining Borobotics. As of beginning of March, Kristian and Joel have been supporting the mechanical engineering team. The two ETH masters students will complete a 6-month internship with Borobotics where they have the chance to experience the entire life cycle of product development: From designing and drawing parts in CAD, to supplier search and negotiations all the way to assembly and testing. We are excited to welcome the two on the Borobotics journey!

Strengthened supply chain

Over the first months of the year, we have been focusing on strengthening our supply chain. Having had difficulties in terms of reliability and quality with suppliers from Asia, we have turned our focus back to central Europe, Germany and Switzerland in particular. While delivery times remain long, we were able to add some more depth to our network especially when it comes to turning and milling parts as well as gears, making our network more robust for the future.

Optimizations on drill head and gearbox

Since the beginning of the year, we have made several optimizations for gearbox parts as well as the drill head. The optimizations stem from testing in our granite test stand, where we can test the gearbox and hammering as well as rotation mechanism over longer periods of time. All parts have been made significantly more robust while still keeping in mind their weight. These strengthened parts are now arriving one by one, allowing us to continue with our granite tests as well as field tests towards the mid/end of April.