TIPS AND TROUBLESHOOTING
Mechanical Tips
We
d o
n ot
r ecommend
t hreading
a nd
u nthreading
a ny
o f
t he
s tandoffs
u sed
i n
t he
c onstruction
o f
TurtleBot
2 .
T he
s tandoffs
a re
m ade
o f
a luminum,
w hich
i s
a
s oft
m aterial
p rone
t o
f atigue
d amage.
I f
much
t orque
i s
u sed
r epeatedly
o n
t hese
p arts,
t he
t hreads
w ill
w ear
o ut.
T his
r ecommendation
a lso
applies
t o
t he
K inect
s tandoffs,
w hich
a re
t hreaded
i nto
t he
p lastic
K inect
h ousing.
O nce
a gain,
repetitive
r emoval
a nd
i nsertion
o f
t hese
p arts
i nto
t he
K inect
w ill
c ause
t he
h oles
t o
w ear
a nd
b ecome
ineffective.
Troubleshooting
Here
a re
a
f ew
i ssues
y ou
m ay
e ncounter.
D on't
f orget
t o
c onsult
t he
K obuki
u ser
m anual
i f
r equired.
My
r obot
w on't
t urn
o n!
B e
s ure
t hat
t he
b attery
i s
s eated
p roperly
b efore
c harging.
•
Kinect
i s
n ot
r esponding
a nd
g reen
l ight
o n
K inect
a dapter
i s
o ff.
E ither
i ssue
a
m otion
c ommand
t o
•
the
K obuki
o r
u se
t he
S etTurtlebotMode
s ervice
i n
t urtlebot_node
t o
c hange
t he
m ode
t o
" full"
mode
.
If
y ou're
h aving
s ome
t rouble
t hat
y ou
d on't
s ee
h ere,
o r
t he
s uggested
s olution
i sn't
w orking
o ut,
please
g et
i n
t ouch
a nd
o ur
e xpert
t eam
o f
R obot
W hisperers
w ill
h elp
y ou
o ut
h owever
p ossible.
Please
v isit
t he
f ollowing
w ebsite
f or
T urtleBot
d river
i nformation:
And
t o
f ind
a nswers
t o
a ll
o f
y our
T urtleBot
q uestions,
c heck
o ut:
For
g eneral
R OS
s upport
o r
s uggestions,
a
b road
l ist
o f
o ptions
c an
b e
f ound
a t:
Clearpath
R obotics
I nc.
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