#robotics Logs

Oct 16 2020

10:58 AM mun: anyone know why farm robots like this run on 24V batteries rather than petrol? https://www.autoblog.com/2020/02/11/agriculture-naio-weed-picking-robot-autonomous-farming/
11:04 AM mun: can't they just stick a generator inside
11:08 AM ace4016: many do work on petrol
11:09 AM ace4016: i think that one is trying to be an EV specifically due to European move to eliminate hydrocarbon burning vehicles for greenhouse reduction
11:10 AM ace4016: we have a lot of a variant on that that run on diesel around this area (south east US)
12:13 PM mun: yeah, i saw a few that run on diesel as well. but i wonder why they don't ship them without an engine and let the user fit a portable generator inside. the engine isn't cheap.
12:14 PM mun: and a portable generator would be reusable in other applications