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![]() Battery cart with the lid and handle in place. Lid attaches to the cart frame with 4 thumb screws for easy removal. When the lid is taken off and the cart is standing up, the lid can be attached on the backside over the wheels and re-attach with the same 4 thumb screws. ![]() Battery cart lying down with lid and handle seperated (top right). The handle when taken off can be stored inside the lid, sitting on 2 pieces of 80/20 extrusion that is on the lid frame. ![]() Battery cart standing up (Pit position) with the lid and handle on the left. Spill kit will be kept right under the 3-Bank chargers and DeWalt/Drill chargers will be somewhere (TBD). ![]() Underside/Backside of the battery Cart on left. 2 Casters with brakes on the top, 2 Fixed wheels on the bottom. All wheels are 6" Colson wheels taken off of a Lista work-table. ![]() Battery wire clip in hand, charger clip attached to plate. All charger clips are mounted to the cart allowing for easy plug in. All of the batteries sit a ~10 degree slant while in the slots. Sorry for the long post, but figured I would get all of the information about it out now rather then later. Let us know what you think! -Nick |
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Wow, that's a really nice cart and looks very efficient.
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Well, I'm jealous. The only issue I can see is that the cover and the casters will take up valuable pit space. Are there any plans to use that void for anything to reclaim the lost space?
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I can only begin to express my envy about your energy supply strategy. This is a gem for sure. I think the 80/20 people will join the rest of us in our desire to see construction details. There was a famous supercomputer, the Cray, that had its power supplies arranged radially around the perimeter of the CPU. There were seat cushions on them. I mention this as it is quite possibly the only way you could improve this cart. Oh we could go radical with a Droid interface that can report the status of each battery and turn on an indicator light next to the battery suggested for use in the next match. While you're at it a Wi-Fi hotspot? Home page to NASA select or the Blue Alliance on a built-in screen?
Siiiiigh......:) The only thing I noticed was that the pins holding the handle in place stick out the back. (I think) If they do, it would be an exposure to the handler's shins that could be reduced by making the pin holes go side-to-side in the bracket holes. I know, big deal, right? I'm going to color this whole post green for envy. thanks for sharing. |
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That is one intense battery cart...I think all that could make this better would be a touch screen interface or a projector for matches from other regionals! Very nice :) Now we gotta get started on ours...
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I'm scared to see what happens if you engineer a robot as well as the cart is engineered. Well done. Now I'm eagerly awaiting a release of the 2012 robot.
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The more I read about this, the more time I'm going to spend over at your pit at GKC taking a look at this beauty.
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Any chance we could get some dimensions or the plans that you used for this charging station? We just want to have something to base our designs off of.
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Wow! A really slick charging station! Someone on my team is working on one. Ours, though looks like it was build by a 5 year old our of the kit of parts...
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We can post a lot more information after this weekend. We're pretty busy preparing for GKC, but next week we'll have time to provide some more information. Thanks for your interest!
-Nick |
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