once at a way point it can spin itself 360 and survey the current sun situation and then actively track it throw the sky
when full it runs back to a base station and unloads the power it collected directly in to you main battery bank using wireless power transfer technology
1x 2000W 48V Inverter
http://www.amazon.com/GTSUN-Stackable-I ... 00DFSKWBG/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
1x 115V AC 25A Solid State Relay
http://www.amazon.com/Solid-State-Relay ... 0087ZTN08/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
1x Reed switch
2x Top Swan off microwave transformers (2nd 15,000V high energy coil Removed) that matches up with another in the unload base station that has a 400V recertifyer the 115V AC now 115V DC can feed though to your MPPT Controller) it should be 1:1
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005BUAJVY
4x RENOGY® 250W Watt Monocrystalline Black Solar Panel UL Listed
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http://www.amazon.com/RENOGY®-Monocrystalline-Black-Solar-Listed/dp/B00F9HUXWO/
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http://www.amazon.com/EPsolar-eTracer-ET6415N-Battery-Controller/dp/B00N3KB7S8/
- Firmware upgrade will Support Lithium ion
- Such short wires to the 48V collection battery's should give you an edge
2x LCD Black Wheel Electric Bicycle Motor Kit 48v 1kw 26in
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http://www.amazon.com/Black-Wheel-Electric-Bicycle-Motor/dp/B00KRIRE0E/
2x upto 10x (odiously lead acids are going to be too heavy however these bad boys will be fast recharging and will store a lot of current aHs Plus be immune to the cold )
http://www.amazon.com/Currie-Technologi ... 004K1ZXQG/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Brains / Electrical interfaces
Cubietruck / Cubieboard 3
- GeauxRobot Cubieboard3 Allwinner A20 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 2G DDR3 8G Flash Sata 2.0 open hardware Single-board Computer mini pc
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http://www.amazon.com/GeauxRobot-Cubieboard3-Allwinner-Dual-core-Single-board/dp/B00N2FXB4C/
> The OS is Android means nice user friendly user gui
> The ARM CPU Uses very little power yet the resource this board gives you is plenty
DROK DCDC Buck Voltage Converter 22-60V 24V/36V/48V to 5V 3A Volt Regulator
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http://www.amazon.com/DROK-Voltage-Converter-22-60V-Regulator/dp/B00KL770IC/
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http://www.amazon.com/Cubieboard3-cubietruck-Expansion-Board-module/dp/B00KX8PFUO/
1. DVK570 x1
2. USB Camera OV7670 x1
3. UART GPS x1
4. AT45DBXX DataFlash Board x1
5. MAG3110 Board x1
6. RS485 Board (3.3V) x2
7. DS18B20 x1
- Waveshare DVK571 Cubietruck Cubieboard 3 Expansion Development Board for Arduino Further Development
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http://www.amazon.com/Waveshare-Cubietruck-Cubieboard-Developmen-Development/dp/B00MY0834Y/
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http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-MR3020-Wireless-Portable-Router/dp/B00634PLTW/
The ARM CPU and ram are going to be your best friends due the the work of image processing (object avoidance) most of the works been done for you and are open source
You can also print off A4 QR Codes so if the Robot goes too far it can See the QR Codes and shuts down or obey speed limits, set way points
most of the programmings been done for you and exists as modules
you pretty much only to needed to wire a few variables and conditions, timings, events output controls
This thing has a Arduino Emulator so all the sketches + Modules are all compatible with it, but the Cubietruck has and edge due it can use a RTC (Real Time Clock) so it will know the time and date and can recover its self if it crashes loss or main power
it can also run MySQL and other things to make it more smarter - easier to set return paths , No go zones, roaming arias, speed limits, battery conditions, waypoint history, wifi zones so it can talk to you and you can remote it