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4 System Components
4.1 Robot Components
3 – Peripheral wire
4 – Charging station
5 – Obstacle
6 – Station loop peripheral wire
7 – Trackborder
8 – Drop pit
1 – Charging station (for mowing robot)
2 – Robot
3 – Charging station (for ball-collecting robot)
4 – Drop pit
5 – Internet portal
6 – End user
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1 – Stop button - Press to stop the robot.
Smartbox - A graphical user interface used to set configuration
parameters.
2 – FCC label
3 – Serial number label
4 – Cover
5 – Sonar sensors - Detects object in the path of the robot.
6 – Front wheel
7 – Bumper - A pressure sensor which will cause the robot to
change direction when it touches an obstacle.
8 – Rear wheel
9 – Charge contact- Connects to the charging arm on the charging
station.
10 – Ball deflectors - Pushes balls outwards to prevent the wheels
from rolling over them.
11 – Collecting roller - A set of rotating discs which picks up balls
and drops them into a collection basket.
12 – Collecting basket - The basket that holds the balls before
they are unloaded into a drop pit.
13 – Li-Ion (Lithium Ion) battery - Supplies power to the robot.
14 – Electrical box - Contains the electronics and the gear drive
motors.
15 – Coil - Detects the magnetic field generated by the peripheral
wires.
16 – Power switch
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DRAFT
08-06-2019
