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Segway Robot Hardware

Nick Walker edited this page Oct 11, 2017 · 1 revision

Robot Accessories

All connections between the battery, inverter and battery charger are made using heavy duty connectors. See Electrical Components#Connectors.

Item #

Name

Cost (approx)

Quantity in Lab

Purchase Link

Notes

1

Battery - Energizer Deep Cycle Marine Battery - Group Size 29HM

$84.67

5 (Pharos)

Purchased onsite by Liang at [http://www.samsclub.com/sams/energizer-deep-cycle-marine-battery-group-size-29hm/prod6780011.ip?navAction= Sam's Club]

Uses 5/16"-18 nuts to screw the ring connectors.

2

Battery Ring Connector - CONN RING 10-12 AWG #5/16 PIDG

$0.54

n/a

Digikey

Screws on the battery terminals.

3

Battery Box - NOCO HM318BKS Black Group 24-31 Snap-Top Battery Box

$16.79

5

Amazon

4

Battery Charger - Schumacher SC-600A SpeedCharge High Frequency Battery Charger

$31.65

4
3 (Pharos)

Amazon

5

Power Inverter - Whistler Pro-400W 400 Watt Power Inverter

$30.2

5
2 (Pharos)

Amazon

6

Power Strip - BELKIN BE106000-2.5 2.5 feet 6 Outlets 555 joule Home/Office Surge Protector - OEM

$4.99

6

Newegg

80/20 Chassis

A number of 80/20 Inc. parts need to be bought from their Ebay store instead of their Amazon store as Amazon limits cart sizes to 50 items (and for some reason each screw/nut etc. counts as 1 item).

Item # Name Cost (approx) Quantity in Lab Purchase Link Notes
1 80/20 10 Series 1010 - 1" X 1" T-SLOTTED EXTRUSION x 72" $18.51 n/a Amazon Used for cutting out both 12" and 10.75" bars used on the robot.
2 80/20 10 Series 1010 - 1" X 1" T-SLOTTED EXTRUSION x 24" $7.47 n/a Amazon Used as the vertical bars on the robot.
3 80/20 Inc 10 Series 3061 Button Head Socket Cap Screw (BHSCS) 1/4“-20 1/2” (25pcs) $5.75 n/a Ebay This is used in place of the 0.687" screw as it fits a larger number of assemblies.
4 80/20 Inc 10 Series 3342 Flanged Button Head Socket Cap Screw (BHSCS) 1/4“-20 1/2” (25pcs) $5.75 n/a Use 3061 instead The flanged screw is probably a bit more stable, but does not fit all assemblies due to size issues. Use it if it fits.
5 80/20 Inc 10 Series 3382 Single Economy Slide-In T-Nut 1/4"-20 (25 pcs) $5.25 n/a Ebay
6 80/20 Inc 10 Series 3280 Double Economy Slide-In T-Nut 1/4"-20 (12 pcs) $8.30 n/a Ebay
7 80/20 Inc 10 Series 3287 Triple Economy Slide-In T-Nut 1/4"-20 (12 pcs) $9.50 n/a Ebay
7 80/20 10 Series 4115 - 4-HOLE INSIDE CORNER BRACKET $4.05 50 Ebay Some of these might be the slightly longer 4101 versions (2.5“) vs 4115(2”).
8 80/20 10 Series 4176 - 3-HOLE INSIDE CORNER BRACKET $3.85 40 Ebay Used for mounting the laptop rails to the chassis.
9 80/20 10 Series 4151 - 5-HOLE 90 DEGREE JOINING PLATE $6.30 20 Amazon Allows for 10 front access sensor bars. Used with the Kinect mount.
10 80/20 10 Series 4141 - 4-HOLE TEE JOINING PLATE $5.80 20 Amazon Allows for 10 front access sensor bars. Used with Hokuyo/PtGrey Mount.
11 80/20 10 Series 4118 3-HOLE JOINING STRIP $4.3 5 Amazon Used in the the PtGrey Mount.
12 80/20 10 Series 4119 2-HOLE INSIDE CORNER BRACKET $2.90 20 Amazon
13 80/20 10 Series 4136 4-HOLE INSIDE CORNER GUSSET CORNER BRACKET $5.65 8 Amazon
14 80/20 10 Series 4023 20-HOLE CROSS JOINING PLATE $15.25 4 Amazon
15 80/20 10 Series 4145 4-HOLE 45 DEGREE ANGLE JOINING PLATE $5.10 4 Amazon
16 80/20 10 Series 4143 4-HOLE 30 DEGREE ANGLE JOINING PLATE $4.90 4 Amazon
17 80/20 10 Series 4164 4-HOLE 60 DEGREE ANGLE JOINING PLATE $5.10 4 Amazon
18 80/20 10 Series 4042 SQUARE TRI-CORNER CONNECTOR $17.85 8 Amazon Requires a tap through the central channel of the 80/20 10 Series extrusion.

Metal

Item # Name Cost (approx) Quantity in Lab Purchase Link Notes
1 Aluminium Angle (6061-T6 Mill Finish, A = 4“, B = 4”, C = 1/4“, Length = 20”) $19.22 10 cut2sizemetals Mounted directly on the Segway Base using M6-30 screws.
2 Aluminium Plate (6061-T651 Mill Finish, Thickness = 1/4“, Width = 14”, Length = 20") $52.5 5 cut2sizemetals Mounted on top of the Aluminium angles using 5/16“-18 1” screws.
3 Aluminium Sheet (6061-T6 Metal Finish, Thickness = 0.125“, Width = 12”, Length = 14 + 3/4") $18.72 5 cut2sizemetals Forms the laptop plate.
4 SUPER-STRUT Angle Bracket, 45 Deg, Obtuse, Gold $8.38 15 Grainger Used to attach the IR Cliff Sensor to the sensor plate.
5 SUPER-STRUT Angle Bracket, 45 Deg, Acute, Gold $8.66 5 Grainger
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