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Anyone tracking actual watt-hours per task (e.g. per box moved) as a real metric?

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by charlesbianchi » Fri May 22, 2026 6:20 am
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What's a realistic duty cycle a battery pack needs to survive for warehouse ops?

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by forgecam45 » Mon Mar 16, 2026 6:28 am
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Passive vs active cooling - where's the crossover point in a humanoid chassis?

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by young56 » Tue Jan 13, 2026 10:51 am
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How do commercial humanoids handle a low-battery state gracefully mid-task?

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by forgecam45 » Sat Apr 18, 2026 4:35 am
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Anyone using predictive battery health modeling instead of simple cycle counting?

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by carol38 » Mon Dec 29, 2025 3:34 pm
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What's the realistic lifespan of a BMS itself before it needs replacement?

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by barbara50 » Mon Nov 24, 2025 12:04 am
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Sat Mar 21, 2026 6:34 pm
Anyone compared silicon-anode cells vs standard graphite anode for this application?

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by olga_lind » Fri Dec 26, 2025 8:36 am
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Tue Mar 17, 2026 6:51 am
How much does payload/lifting draw down the battery compared to just walking?

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by ethan17 » Fri Dec 12, 2025 8:14 pm
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Sat Mar 14, 2026 7:03 am
What cooling solutions are people using for hip/knee actuators specifically?

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by williams84 » Thu Dec 25, 2025 6:59 pm
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Last post by jonathan.rao1
Mon Feb 23, 2026 4:58 pm
Anyone comparing pouch cells vs cylindrical cells for this specific application?

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by byang » Tue Sep 02, 2025 8:19 am
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Tue Feb 17, 2026 4:00 pm
How do you validate thermal runaway containment without destructive testing?

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by larrysokolov » Fri Dec 26, 2025 6:49 am
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Higher-voltage platforms - why are some companies moving away from low-voltage packs?

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by gimbalmar65 » Thu Oct 02, 2025 3:02 am
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What's the actual cycle life being quoted for humanoid battery packs?

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by deborahperez » Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:59 pm
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Anyone dealt with thermal runaway risk assessment for a densely packed humanoid?

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by kim37 » Tue Oct 28, 2025 2:45 pm
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How do you validate a pack survives realistic drop/impact scenarios?

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by ramirez77 » Sun Jul 27, 2025 4:56 am
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Mon Dec 15, 2025 1:55 am
How do you budget thermal margin when actuators are packed that densely?

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by olga_lind » Sun Sep 21, 2025 5:52 am
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DIY battery pack building for a home humanoid project - safety tips?

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by young58 » Thu Nov 06, 2025 3:15 pm
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Anyone benchmarked actual idle power draw vs active walking power draw?

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by karen_kim » Sat Aug 23, 2025 7:25 am
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Fuse and contactor sizing for high-current humanoid power buses - lessons learned?

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by erik_novi » Sat Aug 30, 2025 8:04 pm
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Wed Sep 24, 2025 4:35 am
Regenerative braking on humanoid joints - does it actually recover meaningful energy?

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by ethan_fisc » Sun Aug 24, 2025 1:22 pm
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What's the biggest power system tradeoff nobody talks about enough?

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by mohammed64 » Fri Aug 08, 2025 9:00 am
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What's the biggest power system failure you've personally diagnosed?

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by camila.jackson0 » Wed Feb 12, 2025 7:36 am
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Battery degradation after repeated fast charging - anyone tracking this long-term?

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by barbara.jones » Sun May 04, 2025 9:12 pm
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Distributed power architecture vs single central pack - which do current robots use?

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by matthew43 » Wed May 28, 2025 8:58 pm
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How much does connector wear affect swap-pack reliability over hundreds of cycles?

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by green28 » Thu Jul 10, 2025 2:07 am
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