So I built my bot a bit ago and have been playing around with it and am getting ready for adding phase two of some control parts. Mainly going to go for adding wireless, small display, battery charger and gyro sensor. As I was looking to do this and considering power (charger and batteries) I thought to look on the load and went back to the spec to find this:
• Weight: 614 grams (without batteries)
• Maximum load: 800g
So does that mean that I have at most 186g (800g - 614g) to play with? That would come out to be only 6.3 oz. If so do I have any options? Upgrade the motors perhaps or do I need to just consider a different platform if I want more room
Thanks so much for clarifying that. I am certainly not wanting to go hog wild on the load out, and am trying to build to get an hour or two of use between charges. I am looking at using RB-Dfr-160 to run the platform, and considered even using two of them in parallel to get more run time out of it. I realize a lot will depend on the amount of motor time and other sensor/device use too. Since its an indoor unit I was thinking to use the induction charging system so that I can make it find its way home when battery is getting low so it can re-charge but not sure if that will work since I believe that system is 5v and the battery I am looking at is a 7.2v.
So was curious bout something. The bot came with a holder that takes 5 AA batteries at 1.5 volts each connected in series. Does that mean using them to drive the system will also reduce the motor life or do I have my math wrong on the batteries? I recall parallel added amps where serial added volts (been 20 years or so since class ).
RB-Dfr-67 can likely support 800 additional grams but needs to be on a flat surface - you may also have some issues with turning at this weight. Payload capacity almost always includes whatever battery you select.
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