Post-Use Maintenance; Charging The Robot Battery; Charging The Controller Battery; Folding In The Flippers - Robotex AVATAR III User Manual

2) Post‐Use Maintenance
A) Charging the Robot Battery
 After removing the battery from the Avatar® III, align the charger and battery
connectors and plug the adapter into an AC wall outlet.
 Battery is fully charged when the indicator on the top of the battery shows 5 full
black bars, or when the indicator light on the top of the charger turns green (if you
choose to, it is alright to leave the battery on the charger).
 To check charge levels, you can refer to the charge indicator on the battery itself,
which will tell you how much charge is left. You can also look at the on‐screen
controller indicators (see page 12).
B) Charging the Controller Battery
 Plug the adapter into an AC wall outlet.
 Plug the round adapter plug into the round charging port on the bottom of the
controller.
 The controller is fully charged when the LED light on the controller turns off or
flashes red. If the LED light is solid red, the controller is charging. You should leave
the controller on the charger when not in use.
C) Folding the Flippers In
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If you wish to put the robot in its case, you will have to fold its front and back flippers in. To
do so, it is necessary to "smack" the flippers against the ground with some force to
disengage them from their locked position (make sure the High Angle Stabilizers have been
removed before disengaging back flippers). The recommended method is to grip the
robot's front with one hand and the back handle with the other, holding the robot at an
angle to hit the flippers against the ground. NOTE: Be sure to apply equal pressure to both
flippers. Do NOT try to move them one at a time.
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Avatar® III User Manual Rev D 12/2015
These are the indicator bars. The dark
bars reflect the amount of charge in
the battery. Five black bars mean the
battery is fully charged. When no
black bars are present, the battery is
empty. The battery in this picture
shows a battery with just under a full
charge.