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Re: Estimated Drive Time in Dashboard

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Originally Posted by BenGuy View Post
Like a car guesses how many miles until empty, that value could be dependent on the current rate of discharge that is constantly re-averaging itself as it continuously takes in more data, then the average and all data is wiped clean when robot is restarted - Just like a car.
Well, I suggested using a full charge because apparently there's non-linearity associated with the battery voltage (unlike gasoline, I'm assuming). That said, as suggested above, a simple model of an SLA battery might do the trick.