Making Hydraulics Obsolete

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Elvin Ng
June 06, 2026

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Making Hydraulics Obsolete

Every excavator, forklift, and crane on the planet runs on hydraulic fluid. It leaks. It fails. It burns through 60% of the energy you put into it. That's been true for a hundred years.

RISE Robotics built Beltdraulics™ to fix all of that. Their patented actuator swaps out hydraulic cylinders for a fluid-free electric system that runs up to 3X faster and cuts operating costs by 50%. No oil. Full digital control. Built-in sensors that hydraulic systems can't touch.

The U.S. military is already a customer. MIT-founded. $9.3M in revenue. 20+ patents protecting the core technology. Dylan Jovine of ‘Behind the Markets’ said RISE “has all the little ingredients to be one of those really big winners.” His readers have been backing it ever since.