Dear Michael, I have no any experience of 8h continued used of e-puck... An also no idea if somebody already do it. For replacement battery mechanism it seems to difficult. It was not design for. For recharging the actual battery, you have two possibilities; make a special pack (perhaps using a smaller battery) with special contact on bottom and electronics to carefully control the charge the battery. You can also make this special electronics on top of the robot, using the extension connector.
Attention, it is very important to a have a special chip or electronics that is able to charge Lithium battery; it could explode if it is not controlled! Also keep in mind that charging a Li-ion take at least 1h, normally 2h to have it totally charged. Perhaps a idea is to not move with the robot all-time, move some second stop some etc.. it will increase a lot the autonomy. Regards Bonani Michael ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Tél : + 41 21 693 78 69 Fax : + 41 21 693 78 07 E-mail : [email protected] Adress: EPFL-STI-IPR-LSRO1 MEB 3 30 Station 9 1015 Lausanne > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Michael Kreuzwieser > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 1:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [E-puck-user] automated reloading + better battery > > Dear people > we want to develop a "terrarium" with 5-10 e-pucks running the whole > day > long. > Are there any experiences with a self reloading mechanism or with > replacement batteries? > > I need at least 8 hours of operating time or a reloading station. > > What do you think is the best solutions?? > How would they find the stations the best way? > Thanks > Regards > Michael > > -- > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > Michael Kreuzwieser > > > Archimedes Solutions GmbH > Saarbrückerstr. 24 > 10405 Berlin > > TEL +49 (0)30 / 2000 577 16 > FAX +49 (0)30 / 2000 577 20 > > ------------------------------- > www.urban116.de > www.archi-me-des.de > www.movingscience.de > > Geschäftsführung: > A. Valder > J. Schmidtsiefen > W. Rien > S. Spenling > > Amtsgericht: Berlin Charlottenburg > HR Nr.: 107563 B. > St.Nr.: 37/310/21112 > UST-ID Nr.: DE-253.771.793 > > > _______________________________________________ > E-puck-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/e-puck-user _______________________________________________ E-puck-user mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/e-puck-user
