Universal type automatic-butt-joint charging apparatus applicable to indoor mobile robot

Abstract

The invention discloses a universal type automatic-butt-joint charging apparatus applicable to an indoor mobile robot, and belongs to the technical field of a robot. The universal type automatic-butt-joint charging apparatus comprises a fixed charging station and an automatic charging accessory mounted on the mobile robot, wherein the fixed charging station comprises a charging butt-joint system, a control system, a wireless communication module A, a butt-joint state detection system and a power supply system; and the automatic charging accessory comprises a battery electric quantity monitoring module, a wireless communication module B and a charging base. After the automatic charging accessory is connected with the control system and a charging battery system of the mobile robot, automatic-butt-joint charging is realized by executing the respective programs at the mobile robot end and the fixed charging station end; the charging butt-joint system can realize butt jointing / separating actions with the charging base through an electric push rod in movement of single degree of freedom; and the butt-joint state detection system judges the state of the butt-joint system through voltage detection.

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Technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of mobile robots, and particularly relates to a universal automatic docking charging device suitable for indoor mobile robots. Background technique [0002] At present, indoor mobile robots (such as service robots, automated guided vehicle AGVs in automatic logistics scenarios) mainly rely on high-quality airborne rechargeable battery packs to power themselves, and manual charging technology is required when the power is exhausted. The robot is in a discontinuous task loop. Therefore, to make the robot in a continuous task loop, the problem of automatic charging of the robot must be solved. At present, some indoor cleaning robots adopt automatic charging technology. The charging terminal of this type of charging device is exposed, which poses certain safety risks and is not convenient for high-current charging. Some automatic guided vehicle AGVs use automatic docking and charging technology, but most of them are dedicate...

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Problems solved by technology

At present, some indoor cleaning robots adopt automatic charging technology. The charging terminal of this type of charging device is exposed, which has certain potential safety hazards and is not convenient for high-current charging.

Some automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) adopt automatic docking and charging technology, but most of them belong to special models and are inconvenient to be easily deployed to other robot systems as functional modules

Some automatic charging devices need to add sensors to achieve precise alignment, which increases system complexity and cost

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