Robot charging nest

Archiver

Have any of you built a robot battery charging nest? I was thinking of a
light seeking robot that tracks its self to the charging station using the
stamp. Any tips or web sites?

Thanks


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Archiver

If I were going to do this, I suspect I'd use a coil in the base and
another coil in the robot and then feed AC through the transformer thus
formed. This is common in certain appliances like toothbrushes because
it doesn't matter how the device "plugs in" and there is no exact mating
or polarity. You could monitor the current going through the secondary
to tell when you are mated.

Just an idea.

Al Williams
AWC
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