Design of a fast charging system for service robots

In this paper, a fast charging system (FCS) is designed for service robots. In this design, batteries are used to due to its energy density, whereas supercapacitors (SCs) are used to enhance the power density. DC-DC converter controls the FCS. The main advantage of the design of fast charging system is that, the SCs are charged with a large current fast and then discharge to the batteries with small current slowly. This feature is beneficial for batteries´ long-life and store more energy for service robots which have been in great demand for multiple purposes, such as elderly care, child education etc. Some experimental and testing results are presented to validate the design of FCS for service robots.