Carl - A GoPiGo3 / RaspberryPi / Minion Robot

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I have been a robot owner for over 40 years, always dreaming of the day my robot could "live" an independent, continuous life.  

My latest robot, Carl, is progress on that dream.

Major Design Principles:

1) Self Awareness 

2) "Staying Alive" 24/7

3) Efficient use of processor, sensors, and power

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/carl-a-gopigo3-raspberrypi-robot
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Carl’s “Life” As of today:

Total Life: 16147.3 hrs since Aug 22,2018
Life this year: 4261.71 hrs (BOY Aug 22)
Days Booted This Year: 31
Average Time Between Reboot: 137 hrs
Total Dockings: 1914
Dockings this year: 474
New Batteries At Cycle: 1453
Battery Set At Cycle: 461
Docking Failures this year: 26 or 5.4 % of Dockings
Safety Shutdowns this year: 2 or .4 % of Dockings
Ave Cycle this year (w/o failures): 9.5 hours
Ave Cycle this year: 9.0 hours
Ave Playtime this year: 6.2
Last Docking: 2021-02-12 09:05|[juicer.py.dock]---- Docking 1914 completed at 8.1 v after 7.1 h playtime
Last Recharge: 2021-02-12 13:03|[juicer.py.undock]---- Dismount 1914 at 11.3 v after 4.0 h recharge

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Neat! But where are the nuts?

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Not the same but what RobotShop has at this time:


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