BOBCAT is celebrating after being selected as a Red Dot Award: Design Concept winner for RogueX2, an all-electric, fully autonomous concept loader.
The Red Dot Design Award is described as one of the most respected design awards in the world. The Design Concept category identifies and celebrates new design concepts and innovations.
“We are honoured to win the world-renowned Red Dot Award for Design Concept in recognition of the groundbreaking design of the RogueX2,” said Joel Honeyman, VP of global innovation at Doosan Bobcat. “This award is a testament to the dedication of the Bobcat teams who are passionate about pushing design limits and advancing innovation to redefine the machines of tomorrow.”
The RogueX2 is a smart machine that produces zero emissions and features a lithium-ion battery, electric drive actuated lift and tilt kinematics with no hydraulics.
Designed and built without a cab, RogueX2 explores the idea of how work machines of the future can be designed and optimised for new technologies and enable an entirely new work experience. Designed with wheels to optimise the electric battery run time, the RogueX2 features axial flux motors, which give the machine ‘incredible’ tractive effort.
Bobcat added that the RogueX2 was built as a proving ground to advance Bobcat’s innovation leadership and has garnered many new patents pending.
“To build a smarter, more sustainable and connected future, we must ask the questions no one else has thought to ask before and invent new solutions that previously did not exist,” Honeyman added.
In the research and development stage, the RogueX2 is not commercially available.
