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N AO R OB OT

R E F E R E N C E G U I D E

1 4 9 0 N O R T H C L I N T O N A V E ,

B AY S H O R E , N E W Y O R K 1 1 7 0 6

P H O N E : ( 6 3 1 ) 9 6 9 - 2 6 0 5 · F A X : ( 6 3 1 ) 9 6 9 - 2 4 0 5

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Page 1 N AO R OB OT R E F E R E N C E G U I D E 1 4 9 0 N O R T H C L I N T O N A V E , B AY S H O R E , N E W Y O R K 1 1 7 0 6 P H O N E : ( 6 3 1 ) 9 6 9 - 2 6 0 5 ·...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
T A B L E C O N T E N T S PREFACE......3 NAO SENSORS....ONLINE PORTAL .... 8-10 basic channel..11 12-16 CHOREGRAPHE PT.1 WALKING MOTION..17-18 VISUAL RECOGNITION 19-21 day 2......23 ANIMALS (HARD) 24-27 ..RECORDING MOTION. 28-31 DAY 1 REVIEW..
Page 3: Preface
P R E F A C E THIS GUIDE WILL ENABLE THE USER TO EXPERIENCE THE NAO ROBOT IN A CLASSROOM SETTING, BY PROVIDING CONCISE INFORMATION IN UTILIZING THE HUMANOID. IT WILL ALSO ENABLE YOU TO IMPLEMENT YOUR A+ STEM LAB TECHNOLOGY THROUGH TIPS ON HOW TO INCLUDE SEVERAL SOFTWARES.
Page 4: Nao Sensors
L E T ’ S G E T I T S B O D Y NAO HAS 25 BUILT IN “DEGREES OF FREEDOM,” OR AREAS WHERE IT CAN MOVE A PART OF ITS BODY. FRONT/BACK MICROPHONES: THEY ARE MARKED BELOW. THESE ARE IMPORTANT...
Page 5 N A O ’ S C H E S T B U T T O N BY HOLDING DOWN NAO’S CHEST BUTTON, YOU CAN POWER ON AND OFF THE HUMANOID. WHILE IT ONLY TAKES SEVERAL SECONDS FOR IT TO SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN, IT MAY TAKE SEVER- AL MINUTES FOR HIM TO POWER ON.
Page 6 ALSO TELL YOU WHEN BATTERY IS LOW. HIGH. IT NEEDS CHARGING. DURING BOOT UP, NAO WILL DISPLAY ITS PROCESS THROUGH THE LED LIGHTS ON EACH EAR. WHEN IT IS FULLY BOOTED, THE LIGHTS WILL FORM A COMPLETE CIRCLE AS SHOWN ABOVE.
Page 7 C O N N E C T I N G N A O BEHIND THE DOOR ON THE BACK OF NAO’S HEAD IS AN ETHERNET PORT. CONNECT AN ETHERNET CABLE TO YOUR TEACHER COMMAND CENTER’S USB HUB TO PROVIDE NAO WITH TEMPORARY INTERNET ACCESS by pressing nao’s...
Page 8: Online Portal
C O N N E C T I N G N A O c o n t ’ d FOLLOW THESE STEPS IN ORDER TO GET NAO CONNECTED TO THE LAPTOP CART’S WIRELESS NETWORK, WHICH WILL ALLOW HIM TO PAIR WITH THE TEACHER COMMAND CENTER AND LAPTOPS SEAMLESSLY...
Page 9 FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT PURPOSES, PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE PASSWORD. IT SHOULD STAY AS LOWERCASE “NAO”. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: ALTHOUGH THE ROBOT’S PASSWORD IS “NAO,” THE PORTAL WILL DISPLAY EIGHT CHARACTERS. THIS IS FOR PRIVACY REASONS. 1 4 9 0 N O R T H C L I N T O N A V E , B AY S H O R E , N E W Y O R K 1 1 7 0 6 P H O N E : ( 6 3 1 ) 9 6 9 - 2 6 0 5 ·...
Page 10 C R E A T I N G A N A C C O U N T FOLLOW THESE STEPS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN ALDEBARAN ACCOUNT. THIS IS THE AUTHORIZED APP STORE FOR YOUR NAO ROBOT. WE RECOMMEND TO HAVE ONE ACCOUNT PER ROBOT PER SCHOOL. CLICK THE DOWNLOAD ICON TO CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT AND ACCESS DOWNLOADS.
Page 11: Basic Channel
NAO WILL LISTEN FOR COMMANDS IN ORDER TO PERFORM DIFFERENT ACTIONS. THESE ARE CALLED TRIGGER SENTENCES... MEET NAO BY SAYING “HOW ARE YOU?” OR “CAN YOU SAY GOODBYE?” TELL IT TO MANUEVER HIS BODY BY SAYING “CAN YOU SIT DOWN?”, “LAY DOWN ON YOUR BACK”, “CAN YOU STAND ON ONE FOOT?”,...
Page 12 L E A R N I N G C H O R E G R A P H E FOLLOW THESE STEPS IN ORDER TO CONNECT YOUR NAO ROBOT TO THE CODING SOFTWARE AND BUILD CODE WITH YOUR STUDENTS TO CONTROL NAO’S ACTIONS.
Page 13 L E A R N I N G C H O R E G R A P H E C O N T ’ D ONCE YOU’VE CONNECTED TO NAO, EITHER LIVE OR VIRTUAL, YOU MAY NOW BEGIN TO BUILD CODE.
Page 14 L E A R N I N G C H O R E G R A P H E C O N T ’ D Do you want to make your nao speak? follow the guide below to learn how.
Page 15 L E A R N I N G C H O R E G R A P H E C O N T ’ D utilizing speech recognition and training nao to act based on your conversation. by using the steps below, nao will respond to how you answer his question “do yo like pizza?” USING A SERIES CODE, START CONNECT THE “SAY”...
Page 16 TRY CONTINUING THE CODE WITH MORE ACTIONS. IF YOU CONNECT THE “EYE LEDS” BOX TO A “SPEECH COMMAND,” MAKE SURE TO UNCHECK THE OPTION THAT MAKES NAO FLASH HIS EYES WHILE LISTENING. 1 4 9 0 N O R T H C L I N T O N A V E , B AY S H O R E , N E W Y O R K 1 1 7 0 6 P H O N E : ( 6 3 1 ) 9 6 9 - 2 6 0 5 ·...
Page 17: Walking Motion
N A O ’ S P L A N E O F P H Y S I C A L M O T I O N nao uses an axis system to guide itself when walking. the x- and y-axes are the most pertinent for basic coding.
Page 18 C H O R E G R A P H E THE STEPS BELOW WILL ENABLE NAO TO WALK THROUGH THE CODE YOU DEVELOP IN CHOREGRAPHE DRAG A “MOVE TO”...
Page 19: Visual Recognition
W I T H A C L A S S A C T I V I T Y p a r t t w o you and your class are able to train nao to recognize animals and mimick the sound they make after seeing a photo of one.
Page 20: Choregraphe
V I S U A L R E C O G N I T I O N i n C H O R E G R A P H E THE FOLLOWING WILL ALLOW YOU TO TRAIN NAO TO RECOGNIZE AND RECREATE THE SOUND OF A DOG, A CAT, AND A FROG.
Page 21 CONNECT IT BACK TO ITSELF. TYPE AS IT IS SHOWN. DRAG THREE “PLAY SOUND” CLICK THE WRENCH ICON FOR USE A “SAY: BOX TO HAVE NAO BOXES INTO THE CODE, WHICH EACH AND UPLOAD AN .MP3 DIRECT THE PARTICIPANT TO TRY ARE FOUND UNDER AUDIO >...
Page 22 1 WE COVERED A LOT TODAY. YOU LEARNED THE BASICS, AND HOW TO INCORPORATE NAO INTO YOUR CLASSROOM SETTING. DON’T WORRY, WE WILL REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT WE’VE LEARNED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE TRAINING, WHILE LEARNING...
Page 23: Day 2
DAY 2 LEARNING TO RECORD MOTION, ADVANCED ANIMAL RECOGNITION, AND REVIEW OF DAY 1 1 4 9 0 N O R T H C L I N T O N A V E , B AY S H O R E , N E W Y O R K 1 1 7 0 6 P H O N E : ( 6 3 1 ) 9 6 9 - 2 6 0 5 ·...
Page 24: Animals (Hard)
A N I M A L A C T I V I T Y i n C H O R E G R A P H E USING THE FOLLOWING STEPS, YOU WILL ALLOW NAO TO INTERACT WITH A PARTICIPANT ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
Page 25 SOUND RECORDINGS, ASK ONE OF A+’ SPECIALISTS. REMEMBER TO USE THE STEPS ON PAGE 20 TO TEACH NAO A PICTURE OF A CAT AS WELL, AND SAVE THE FILE AS “CAT”. OTHERWISE, ONLY THE DOG PART OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL WORK.
Page 26 A N I M A L A C T I V I T Y i n C H O R E G R A P H E ADD two additional “switch Connect the first line to a like shown, connect one case”...
Page 27 A N I M A L A C T I V I T Y i n C H O R E G R A P H E if all of the steps were followed correctly, then your code should look similar to how it does below.
Page 28: Recording Motion
TO FOLLOW CERTAIN MOVEMENTS. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, BUT THESE ARE THE MOST EFFICIENT. Each guide will explain how to place Nao in a back stretch, however, you can use these steps to direct nao to move however you’d like.
Page 29 M O T I O N I N C H O R E G R A P H E ENSURE THAT NAO IS IN CLICK VIEW > POSE LIBRARY, AND RIGHT CLICK ANYWHERE IN THE ANIMATION MODE, AND THE ICON...
Page 30 Occasionally, a keyframe will automatically appear in your timeline before doing it as shown above.
Page 31 1 4 9 0 N O R T H C L I N T O N A V E , B AY S H O R E , N E W Y O R K 1 1 7 0 6 P H O N E : ( 6 3 1 ) 9 6 9 - 2 6 0 5 ·...
Page 32: Day 1 Review
FUNCTIONALITY OF THE CHEST BUTTON, AND THE BOOT UP PROCESS OF THE NAO ROBOT. - CONNECTING NAO TO THE INTERNET AND UTILIZING THE WEB PORTAL TO ALLOW NAO TO WIRELESSLY CONNECT TO THE WEB. DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING UPDATES AND CHANNELS TO THE HUMANOID.
Page 33: Appendix
EVEN MORE ABOUT THE UNIT. MESS AROUND WITH CHOREGRAPHE AND CHALLENGE YOUR STUDENTS TO DO THE SAME. PAIR YOUR KIDS IN GROUPS AND DISCONNECT FROM THE LIVE NAO TO OFFER THEM ACCESS TO DEMO WHAT THEY CREATED. IT’S NOT THE FUTURE ANYMORE, IT’S NAO...