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Ava 500 IT Administrator's Guide
How the Ava 500 Works
When an Ava 500 is installed at a customer location, part of the configuration process is to map the robot's
operating area, or site. During this activity, the Ava 500 learns its operating environment and creates a realistic
topology map of the site. This is translated into an annotated floor plan with defined destinations that is displayed
in the Ava 500 App. The Ava 500 App provides functionality that allows the user to:
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Initiate an "ad hoc" meeting through any available Ava 500
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Schedule a meeting for a specific destination at a specific time in the future
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Navigate to one of a list of defined destinations
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Navigate to any accessible area on the map of the site
Users with multiple video endpoints available, for example a desktop device when in the office and a laptop with
Jabber on the road, can specify which endpoint to use for the meeting.
At the time of the scheduled meeting, the Ava 500 Cloud Service assigns a robot from the available pool. The
robot travels to the meeting location and waits. The remote user checks in to the session, and then the Ava 500
calls the remote user's video endpoint. The remote user answers the call and the session begins. The remote
user's audio and video communications are handled through the Cisco EX60 and the remote user's video
endpoint. The Ava 500 speaker volume can be controlled at the meeting location, to accommodate local
conditions.
When the meeting is over, the remote user ends the session and the Ava 500 automatically returns to its charging
station to recharge for the next user. Built-in obstacle detection and obstacle avoidance (ODOA) capabilities,
which leverage multiple sensors in the robot body, ensure that the Ava 500 will not bump into people or objects in
its path. Furthermore, if the most direct path to its destination is blocked, the Ava 500 will search for and navigate
through an alternative path, if one is available.
The Ava 500 App also provides remote users with other navigation capabilities. They can touch a location on the
application map and go there. For meetings in larger conference rooms, they can touch a preset location in the
room, for example in front of the white board or at the conference table, and go there. Finally, users can manually
drive the Ava 500 using a touchpad interface in the Ava 500 App.
Through the Ava 500 App, the user can also look up and down, turn to see what is on either side or behind the
Ava 500, move to one side or the other, and stand by raising the height of the Cisco EX60 (Figure 2a) or sit by
lowering it (Figure 2b).
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Figure 2. Remote User Standing (a) and Sitting (b)
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