Hi,
we haven’t done any payload testing with the robots yet.
I would think that the Solo12 robot could carry 500g-1000g depending on the gait, the leg posture and the task.
The robot was designed for high dynamic performance - not for carrying high payloads.
To improve the load carrying capabilities you could use a motor with higher torque output or increase the gear reduction. Improving the cooling would also help to stay below the thermal limits of the motors.
We are currently working on integrating onboard batteries, imu state estimation and wireless communication. For that we are developing a power management board that will monitor the batteries and prevent damage.
We are planning to have two batteries in series - one in the front and one in the back. (picture below)
We’ll start with this 850mAh LiPo battery and will evaluate how much run-time we can get from it.
Pierre-Alexandre had shared data logs of the robot performing a trot (on the power supply).
You can find the topic and a link to the data here.
I hope this helps…
