A battery-powered parcel locker with a cell switch and a method of switching cells

Abstract

A battery-powered parcel locker (10) comprising - two or more compartments (20), wherein each of the two compartments (20) comprise a gate (22) with a lock unit (24) for controlling access to the compartment; - a parcel communication module (30) for receiving instructions; - a parcel locker controller (40) comprising at least one processor and at least one memory that includes program code, wherein the memory and the program code is configured to cause the processor to instruct the two or more lock units (24) to open as a function of received instructions; - a battery unit (50) for powering at least the parcel locker controller (40), the parcel communication module (30), and the two or more lock units (24); wherein the battery unit (50) comprises a first cell (52I) equipped with one or more batteries (54), a second cell (52II) equipped with one or more batteries (54), the cells (52I, 52II) being in a parallel configuration and a cell switch (60) configured to switch between drawing power from the cells (52I, 52II) as a function of pre-set parameters or received instruction.

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