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Article #866Re: Power supply for robots
From: Willie Smith
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 10:55
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 10:55
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In article <Bx4o8E.Ax4@alsvid.une.edu.au> rbyrnes@alsvid.une.edu.au (Rod Byrnes) writes: [...] >I have also been toying with the idea of using a fuel cell to keep the battery >continually charged. This would require "feeding" the robot with cylinders >of hydrogen and oxygen, and controlling the flow of each to the cell. >"Recharging" the robot would then be the simple and quick process of changing >the cylinders. I'd be real wareful about playing with hydrogen. It's not only incredibly flamable, but it's hard to keep hydrogen from leaking, hydrogen flames are invisible(!), and the explosion possibilities are real interesting. Willie Smith wpns@pictel.com
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Newsgroups: comp.robotics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!gateway!miki!wpns From: wpns@miki.pictel.com (Willie Smith) Subject: Re: Power supply for robots Message-ID: <1992Nov5.105538.8697@miki.pictel.com> Organization: PictureTel Corporation References: <Bx4o8E.Ax4@alsvid.une.edu.au> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 10:55:38 GMT Lines: 16