A question on Li-Poly batteries for 16DOF humanoid robot

Hello there,

I would appreaciate any advice from the community.

I bought a H3S 16DOF Humanoid Robot from a company in China

The Instructions were sparse and in Chinese, but there were a few videos and I was able to assemble the robot.

The problem I am having is that they did not send the Li-Poly battery,  Apparently they do not ship Li-Poly batteries to Canada ?

I would appreciate if anyone can let me know if there is any Canadian company / Website that I could order an equilavent battery for the robot.

The battery specs are:

7.4V high-capacity 20C Lithium battery Robot special high rate battery 2200mah

The Dimensions are:  width 35 mm x length 70mm x 19 mm depth

The next question, is  if I find a 7.4 V battery that is close in size, but the mah number is lower or higher, can i use that instead?

Well, I appreciate if anyone can help,

Regards,

Marc Ferreira
Toronto, Canada


 

Replacement Battery

The ideal would be to have an OEM battery. If that’s not possible, then as you wrote, it seem to be:

7.4V (2S) LiPo at 2200mAh capacity. Looking at the pack, and the dimemsions you provided, it might be a pair of 18650 cells:

https://www.robotshop.com/en/lg-18650-37v-3500mah-lithium-ion-battery-cell.html

It also looks like there is a 3-pin standard JST charging connector (one wire for each cell plus ground).

The black part would be standard wrapping. Hard to know if there’s a protection circuit inside. You should be able to send the specs to a battery manufacturer and have them crete a custom pack for you. It might cost a bit more than if you created it yourself, but they might be able to get you the right connector etc.

If you want to create the pack yourself, there are a number of guides online, but the connector becomes the issue; you might need to look through pages and pages of Digikey connectors to spot the exact model (wish I knew it - maybe someone else here does).

I did an google search and

I did an google search and apparently the plug is called “sm”. And indeed, when I search for “18650 sm 7.4” on AliExpress for example I see the exact battery pack that you need.

Depends.

I would personally look into lipo or other batteryies of low discharge. Those batteries are usually used to control brushless motors and such for drones who need a lot of amps for control of high amperage motors. I would look into low discharge lipo batteries or other kinds like NiMh batteries because you will be able to longer usage out of your bot. Good luck!!!

you need something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1x-GTL-7-2V-6800mAh-Ni-Mh-rechargeable-battery-RC-Tamiya-Plug-Black-charger/391950933761?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=660913395930&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 li-pos are crap on power drain nimh or nicad are your best bet a little bit more cash but worth it