{"id":77945,"date":"2026-02-20T10:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leitat.org\/?p=77945"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:18:53","slug":"advancing-second-life-battery-innovation-with-reborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leitat.org\/en\/blog\/advancing-second-life-battery-innovation-with-reborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing Second-Life Battery Innovation with REBORN"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"77945\" class=\"elementor elementor-77945\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd2564 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6cd2564\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08c9cb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08c9cb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"599\">On January 21\u201322, project partners gathered at the <strong data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"251\">CEA facilities in Grenoble<\/strong> for the REBORN General Assembly. The meeting provided an important opportunity to review project progress, align on next steps, and strengthen collaboration among partners. Participants also visited CEA&#8217;s state-of-the-art battery platform to explore ongoing research capabilities and innovative technologies in battery development and recycling.<\/p><p data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"1091\">The <strong data-start=\"605\" data-end=\"623\">REBORN project<\/strong> drives innovation in second-life batteries by developing safe, cost-efficient software and hardware architectures that reduce post-characterization needs and accelerate battery sorting. These advances rely on cloud-based cell identifiers and machine learning strategies to optimize efficiency. In parallel, the project deploys a semi-automated robotic dismantling approach, controlled through <strong data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1041\">virtual reality (VR)<\/strong>, enabling faster and safer battery disassembly.<\/p><p data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1509\"><strong data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1103\">Leitat<\/strong> plays a central role in the project\u2019s dismantling and teleoperation innovations. Our laboratory integrates immersive VR-based control methods, allowing the safe, precise, and semi-automatic disassembly of real batteries under realistic conditions. 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