SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED at any point of time while the boat is in operation or when the battery is plugged in. During operation, the propeller on the Lutra 1.x series robots rotate at more than 4000 rpm, hence contact with the propeller can cause serious injury.
Lutra Documentation, Release 1.1 1.2 Specifications DIMENSIONS 80x48x40 cm SYSTEM Electric 12 V 16Ah (extendable) (LxBxH) POWER WEIGHT 10 kg OPERATING 3 hrs typ 12 hrs (extendable) TIME SPEED 2 km/h (typical) 8 km/h RECHARGE 5 hrs (max) TIME DRAFT...
CHAPTER Operation 3.1 Startup Procedure The following steps should help you get the Platypus Lutra 1.x series boats started. Please read through all the steps carefully and follow them in the exact same order. 1. Power Boat 1. Open the hatch cover by unscrewing the wing nuts around it.
Lutra Documentation, Release 1.1 2. Verify Connections i. At this point, the phone is connected both to the boat electronics and to the local WiFi network. ii. To verify the connections, press the Debug button in the Airboat Setup app.
CHAPTER Software This section will detail the various software components that come along with the Platypus Lutra 1.x series boats. The software can be downloaded from http://www.senseplatypus.com/software/lutra Please read this section carefully before deploying the boat. 4.1 Operator Interface The Operator Interface (OI) can run on Windows, OSX and Linux. The OI can be used to send remote commands to the boat via a local network or 3G.
13. You can select the boat by clicking on the boat marker displayed in the Map Window. [fig] 4.3 Operating Modes The Platypus Lutra 1.x series boats have two main modes of operation: Tele-operation mode and autonomous mode. The following subsections describe these modes in detail.
Lutra Documentation, Release 1.1 5. If you assign a waypoint while the boat was doing something else, it will first go to the new location and then continue what it was doing before. 6. Click on the “Auto” button in the bottom of the Map Frame Window, if you want the boat to stop navigating to the waypoint immediately and return to what it was doing before.
Lutra Documentation, Release 1.1 between different boats to operate once they are connected, this section will give you instructions on how to achieve this. An important step while connecting multiple boats is giving each boat a unique color. By clicking on the Color button in the connection panel, the operator can choose a color for the boat in the initialization step.
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