Body And Drive; What's Included - Basic Components - Omron LD-60 User Manual

For situations that are so dynamic that laser localization becomes difficult, we offer the Acuity
Localization option, which localizes the platform using an upward-facing camera to recognize
overhead lighting patterns. This is covered in detail in the LD Platform Peripherals Guide. This
would apply to areas where objects, such as pallets or carts, are moved so frequently that they
can't be mapped, or where they block the laser's view of the mapped features.
For most applications, you will want to customize the platform with a payload structure,
attached to the top of the platform, for some combination of picking up, transporting, and drop-
ping off your parts, samples, or documents. Refer to Payload Structures on page 51 for
guidelines on designing a payload structure.
The platform provides a variety of interfaces and power connections to support your applic-
ation-specific sensors and accessories, mounted on your payload structure. Refer to Con-
nectivity on page 59, for information on the available connectors on the platform.

Body and Drive

The LD platforms are relatively small, lightweight, and highly maneuverable. They have a
strong aluminum chassis and solid construction that make them very durable. They have an
IP rating of IP40.
Each platform is a two-wheel, differential-drive vehicle, with spring-loaded passive casters
front and rear, and independent drive-wheel spring-suspension for balance. Its solid, foam-
filled wheels are at the mid-line of the platform, so that the platform can turn in place.

What's Included - Basic Components

One fully-assembled LD platform
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The platform includes a navigation laser, front bumper with low front laser, and two
rear-facing sonar pairs. Each pair is one transmitter and one receiver.
LD Platform Core, which includes an integrated computer, running Advanced Robotics
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Automation Management (ARAM) and a microcontroller with MARC firmware. It also
runs the SetNetGo OS. The core is housed inside the platform.
ARAM and MARC firmware and the SetNetGo OS are pre-loaded on the LD platform
core.
A gyroscope is mounted on the core, and each drive wheel has an encoder and a Hall
sensor to complement the navigation laser.
One battery
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This is shipped separately from the platform, due to air shipping regulations.
Operator Panel
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This includes a screen, an E-Stop button, ON and OFF buttons, a brake-release button,
and a keyswitch, which can be locked, and key removed, in either position. This will
usually be mounted on the user-designed and -built payload structure.
An optional touchscreen is available. See Touchscreen on page 134.
Automated docking station
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