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HARGING
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TATION
•
position the charging station on a straight section
of the peripheral wire
•
minimum length of wire on the incoming and
outgoing side is 8.2 ft. (2.5 m)
•
minimum distance between charging stations is
49.2 ft. (15 m)
•
the minimum obstacle-free zone is 20 ft. (6.0 m)
When the charging stations are located in a driving
range, place them a minimum of 100 ft. (30 m) from
the driving range bays. This will reduce the risk of
damage to the if they are struck by a ball.
7.3 The Drop Pit Charging Station
Mount the drop pit charging station on a concrete base
witch contains no reinforcing mesh or any other
metallic parts.
Recommended dimensions of the concrete base:
8 Drop Pit
The drop pit is required for the robot to deposit the
balls it has collected.
If there is only one ball-collecting robot, only one
charging station is required. This charging station will
trigger discharge of the balls and charge the robot's
battery.
When the robot arrives at the drop pit, contact with the
charging station arms triggers the release of the balls.
If there is more than one ball-collecting robot, the drop
pit charging station needs to be accessible to all of
them. In this case the busy loop wire is installed to indi-
cate that the drop pit is in use and that a second robot
must wait to access it.
1 – Charging station
2 – Station loop wire (
–>–>–>–>
movement of robot)
3 – Peripheral wire
1 – Charging station
2 – Driving range bay
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(15.0 m)
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(2.5 m)
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(2.5 m)
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(2.5 m)
1
2
2
3
1
2
1
1
1 – Charging station
2 – Concrete base (top view)
3 – Concrete base (end view)
4 – Drop pit
5 – Power supply location
6 – Peripheral wire
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4
5
2
3
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6.5 ft.
(2.0 m)
6.5 ft.
(2.0 m)
6.0 in.
(150 mm)
3.3 ft.
(1.0 m)
3.3 ft.
(1.0 m)
28.3 in.
(720 mm)
DRAFT
08-06-2019
