User-Supplied Components / System Requirements; Software Overview; Mobile Robot Software Suite - Omron LD User Manual

User-Supplied Components / System Requirements

PC with Microsoft Windows®
Ethernet (wireless preferred)
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Wireless is required for a fleet (more than one robot).
100 megabytes of available hard-disk storage
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1.2 Software Overview

Mobile Robot Software Suite

The Mobile Robot Software Suite includes all of the software used for platforms and the Enter-
prise Manager appliance, with the exception of the SetNetGo OS.
ARAM
The Advanced Robotics Automation Management software (ARAM) runs on the Robot Core. It
operates ranging sensors like the safety scanning laser and sonar, and performs all the high-
level, autonomous robotics functions, including obstacle avoidance, path planning, loc-
alization, navigation, and so on, culminating in motion commands to the MARC firmware.
ARAM also controls the battery and light discs, and manages digital and analog I/O, which,
along with platform power, provide for integration of application-specific sensors and effectors
that the user adds.
ARAM manages wired and wireless Ethernet communications with offboard software, for
external monitoring, development, and systems coordination, including coordination of a fleet
of robots through the optional Enterprise Manager 1100. It also manages integration with other
systems, as well as external monitoring, setup, and control with the MobilePlanner applic-
ation.
ARAMCentral
ARAMCentral is the software that runs on the Enterprise Manager appliance. This software
and the appliance combined are referred to as the Enterprise Manager 1100.
For a fleet, the ARAMCentral software manages:
the map that all robots use
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the configuration that all robots use
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traffic control of the robots
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This includes multi-robot avoidance, destination, standby, and dock control.
queuing of jobs for the robots
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remote I/O, if you are using it
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MobilePlanner (licensed)
In order to have your robot perform autonomous mobile activities, you need to make a map of
its operating space, and configure its operating parameters. The MobilePlanner software is
used to make this map and perform this configuration.
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