{"id":1250,"date":"2014-06-19T07:12:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T05:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:46:50","slug":"victron-energy-diverse-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/19\/victron-energy-diverse-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Victron Energy: Diverse applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my last blog <a title=\"Sun, Speed &amp; Sponsorship\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/10\/sun-speed-sponsorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sun, Speed &amp; Sponsorship,<\/a> I mentioned how pleasantly surprised I have been by the diverse projects that use Victron Energy&#8217;s products. So who can come up with the most unusual application? We&#8217;d love to hear from you&#8230;.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one from down under. Whilst an intelligent robot for the vegetable industry may not be to everyone&#8217;s taste, it does highlight the strange areas that Victron products crop up in. Enough of the puns I hear you say!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Victron dealer Patrick Boutonnet of <a title=\"Ynovex Energy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ynovex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ynovex Energy<\/a>, for\u00a0 letting us know that the Australian Centre for Field Robotics are now using Quattro Inverter\/Chargers, for the Lithium battery bank in their Ladybird robot project.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the robot taking some of its first steps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mgdksX9u08E\" target=\"_blank\"><div class=\"full-size-image container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ladybird_Robot.jpg\" alt=\"Ladybird_Robot\" width=\"637\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/06\/Ladybird_Robot.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/06\/Ladybird_Robot-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So now it is over to you, the Victron distributors, dealers and customers out there, to find us the most diverse applications. 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