Big Robot Platform - Need Suggestions - LIDAR, Thermal Camera, Treads, Motors, Batteries Weight >300Kg
ZaidPirwani wrote 04/12/2016 at 10:01 • 0 pointsSo I am working on a project funded by my university to make an autonomous/manual fire fighting robot (actual size), equipped with all sorts of neat things.
LIDAR,
Thermal Camera,
Arm Gripper to Hold a Fire Snorkle/Nozzle,
Tank Treads for moving on about all sorts of urban off road terrain.
It has to do obstacle avoidance, somewhat mapping of the area, Wireless Control/Monitoring and such.
I have seen similar bots online, all are huge and heavy, 200Kg or more, some even 700Kg, my university will be funding me for this for maybe something around a big 300Kg robot.
I have no idea of motor and battery selection for such a robot, looking at 2hour or more battery life.
Any ideas people.??? THANKS.
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2 hours battery life - under what conditions? you need to describe the usage scenario - standing draw (for electronics), moving draw for the motors.
to get 2 hours constant motion, you are going to need a hell of a lot of battery for something that tips at 300+kg, or use a small generator system, which will add even more weight.
this is going to be a nontrivial build, I can tell that much from the start
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well, much has changed, the robot they showed me earlier to mimic was Parosha Cheeta GoSafer, now, the design and specs have changed to a smaller variant, possibly no LIDAR, Thermal is still okay. Going for something like the HD2 bot at superdroidrobots.com
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also, the weight has gone down a lot too.. I am expecting the bot to be 50Kg now..
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That's comparable to FIRST Robotics, so I suggest you go check usfirst.org and look up "frc" for ideas
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autodefibrillator
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If you are saying to include that in the bot... Then I can't.
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