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Maintenance and Repair
Maintenance & Repair
Chapter 8
Your Performance PeopleBot is built to last a lifetime and requires little maintenance.
T
I
IRE
NFLATION
Maintain even tire inflation for proper
navigation of your Performance PeopleBot.
We ship with each pneumatic tire inflated
to 23 psi.
If you change the inflation,
remember to adjust the ticksmm and
revcount FLASH values.
To check and adjust the tires, you need to
remove the wheel covers. Simply remove
the indicated screws (Figure) and lift the
cover away from the wheel.
inflation nozzle inside.
D
L
RIVE
UBRICATION
The Performance PeopleBot's motors and gearboxes are sealed and self-lubricating, so
you need not fuss with grease or oil.
bushings between the wheels and the case won't hurt.
carpet or other strings that may wrap around and bind up your robot's drive.
B
ATTERIES
Lead-acid batteries like those in your Performance PeopleBot last longest when kept fully
charged.
In fact, severe discharge is harmful to the battery, so be careful not to
operate the robot if the battery voltage falls below 11 VDC.
Changing Batteries
Your Performance PeopleBot has a special battery harness and latched doors for easy
access to the onboard batteries. Simply unlatch the rear door, swing it open and locate
the one to three onboard batteries inside.
To remove a battery, simply grasp it and pull out. We provide a suction-cup tool to help.
Spring-loaded contacts eliminate the need to detach any connecting wires.
Similarly, insert batteries by simply sliding each one into a battery box compartment.
Load the batteries so that their weight gets distributed evenly across the platform:
Center a single battery and place two batteries one on each side.
Hot-Swapping the Batteries
You may change the batteries on your Performance PeopleBot without disrupting
operation of the onboard systems (except the motors, of course): Either connect the
charger, which powers the robot's systems while you change the battery or batteries. Or,
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Figure 17. Performance PeopleBot's
Find the
wheel cover screw locations
An occasional drop or two of oil on the axle
CAREFUL!
The Batteries slide in
TERMINALS LAST!
And keep the axles clear of
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