TTS Rugged Robot User Manual page 3

Programming Rugged Robot
Rugged Robot has been designed as an outdoor floor robot.
¥ After initial switch-on, the eyes will light orange and the rear lights will light red, these
will remain on until the Robot is turned off.
¥ If the Robot is not used for 5 minutes it will enter low power mode and turn off all
lights. Press any button to wake the Robot up.
¥ The sequence memory is cleared on start-up, pressing <Go> at this point will simply
cause a sound to be played and no motion to occur.
¥ The user can press a sequence of commands, which are stored in the sequence
memory. A maximum of 200 commands can be stored; each command being either
one forward/backward movement, left/right turn, or a pause.
¥ Each forward or backward command causes the unit to move approx. 20cm in the
required direction.
¥ Each turn command causes the unit to rotate 1/8th of a turn.
¥ A pause command causes the unit to pause for 0.5 seconds.
¥ When the <Go> button is pressed, the unit will execute all the commands stored in
order with a short pause between each command.
¥ When the command sequence completes, the unit will stop and play a sound. (The
sound can be turned on/off using the sound switch on the top of the Robot.
¥ Pressing <Go> whilst a sequence is running will stop the sequence.
¥ Pressing the clear button <X> will clear the sequence memory.
¥ Pressing the avoidance button will cause the button to illuminate green, when this
is activated the Robot will back up when it see's an obstacle in its path and attempt
to find an alternative route around the obstacle. During this mode the front 3 lights
will illuminate red and it will play a sound. To turn the avoidance mode off press the
button once more and the green light will turn off.
¥ There are 3 speed modes. When first switched on the Robot will default to Mode 1
o Mode 1 - Button not illuminated and Robot will pause between each sequence step.
o Mode 2 - Button will illuminate and Robot will not pause between each sequence
step when travelling in a straight line.
Rugged Robot