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Lithium batteries has a longer life when stored at the nominal voltage (50% charged), so we try to keep this when robots are not used.
Lithium batteries has a longer life when stored at the nominal voltage (50% charged), so we try to keep this when robots are not used.


Lithium batteries will be destroyed or damaged if discharged below 3.2V per cell (9.8V).
Lithium batteries will be destroyed or damaged if discharged below 3.2V per cell (9.6V if all cells are equal - and they are typically not).


The build-in charger is of different types (internally), and some of then discharge the battery, when not charging. They discharge with between 0.5 to 5 mA. i.e a fully charged battery is drained after between 200 and 2000 hours. Typically one cell will be dead after 1-2 month of no use, if the charger is connected.
The build-in charger is of different types (internally), and some of then discharge the battery, when not charging. They discharge with between 0.5 to 5 mA. i.e a fully charged battery is drained after between 200 and 2000 hours. Typically one cell will be dead after 1-2 month of no use, if the charger is connected.

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Battery maintenance

The battery is a 3-cell Lithium polymer type with a capacity of 1Ah and a nominal voltage of 11.1 V.

Lithium batteries has a longer life when stored at the nominal voltage (50% charged), so we try to keep this when robots are not used.

Lithium batteries will be destroyed or damaged if discharged below 3.2V per cell (9.6V if all cells are equal - and they are typically not).

The build-in charger is of different types (internally), and some of then discharge the battery, when not charging. They discharge with between 0.5 to 5 mA. i.e a fully charged battery is drained after between 200 and 2000 hours. Typically one cell will be dead after 1-2 month of no use, if the charger is connected.

After charging a battery with a leaky charger, remove the charge cable as shown in figure below.

Figure 1. Some of the chargers destroy the battery when unused for a period of time, so on most robots the charge cable is disconnected. Reconnect to charger when needed.

Battery on-time

The robot typically uses 100mA - when not moving - and thus 5-10 hours use on a fully charged battery.