A novel contactless battery charging system for soccer playing robot

15th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, M2VIP'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 646-650

  Hu, Aiguo Patrick ^a   Liu, Chao ^a   Li, Hao Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERY LEVELS; CHARGE-UP; CHARGING STATIONS; CHARGING SYSTEMS; CONTACT LESS; ELECTRO MAGNETIC INTERFERENCES; HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELDS; INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFERS; NEW SOLUTIONS; PICK-UP; POWER TRANSFERS; PRIMARY CIRCUITS; SOCCER-PLAYING ROBOTS; SYSTEM DESIGNS;

CHARGE TRAPPING; COMPUTER VISION; COUPLINGS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHATRONICS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

CHARGING (BATTERIES);

EID: 61949345722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMVIP.2008.4749606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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