Robot docking station for automatic battery exchanging and charging

Abstract

The insufficient duration of the robot is an important issue, especially for security robots and surveillance robots. The battery exchanging is a perfect solution for insufficient duration. A novel design of robot docking station for automatic battery exchanging and charging is presented in this study. The battery is automatically exchanging within 45 seconds. A design of movable carrier allows a larger misalignment of plusmn9 degree between the robot and the docking station. Furthermore, the robot needs not to turn off the robot system with a specific design of electrical conduction unit, and the autonomous robot is prevented damage from surge current during the battery exchanging processes.