charging system

Abstract

The invention provides a charging system which comprises a charging device and butting devices. The butting devices are butted to the charging device, the charging device is arranged at a charging station, and the butting devices are arranged on robots. The charging system has the advantages that dustproof assemblies which are used for shielding charging electrodes are arranged on charging assemblies of the charging device, protective assemblies which are used for shielding butting electrodes are arranged on butting assemblies of the butting devices, accordingly, the electrodes can be automatically shielded when the robots are not charged or are completely charged, pollution and corrosion of the electrodes due to dirt or humid environments can be reduced, and excellent connectivity of the electrodes can be guaranteed; the dustproof assemblies and the protective assemblies do not need to be electrically driven, and only various components need to be easily collided and pushed by one another when the butting devices are butted to the charging device, so that electrode protective plates can be opened when the robots are about to be charged.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of robots, and in particular relates to a charging system. Background technique [0002] The automatic charging function of the mobile robot can extend the autonomy time of the robot, increase its range of activities, and realize continuous task actions. The automatic charging technology requires that the robot can quickly find the charging station, there is a high power transmission efficiency between the robot and the charging station, and the charging is safe and fast. [0003] Existing autonomous charging technologies are mainly divided into contact charging and non-contact inductive charging. The traditional contact charging method has the following problems: [0004] From the physical aspect: the charging connection parts are metal conductors exposed to the outside, and sparks are likely to be generated during electrical connection, which is very dangerous for flammable and explosive occasions; if th...

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[0004] From the physical aspect: the charging connection part is a metal conductor exposed to the outside, and sparks are easy to be generated during electrical connection, which is very dangerous for flammable and explosive occasions; if there is dirt, it will lead to poor contact or electrical connection failure

[0005] From a mechanical point of view, the traditional charging connection parts adopt the direct plug-in method to complete the docking charging. The mechanical damage of the connector after multiple plugging and unplugging will cause contact loosening, resulting in poor contact or power transmission decline.

[0006] For non-contact inductive charging: Although the charging process can be completed by the robot docking in the induction area of ​​the charging station, effectively avoiding the inconvenience caused by contact charging, but for the charging module with high power transmission efficiency and stable transmission performance, Its cost is also quite high, which will greatly increase the manufacturing cost of the robot

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