CoBot[]
Cobot is a mobile robot of roughly human stature. Some features of the robot include an independently-rotating camera for human vision, Microsoft Kinect for visual data used in navigation, Stargazer module for trouble spots in the robot's autonomous navigation, and a forward-looking LIDAR module for obstacle avoidance.
Startup and shutdown procedures[]
Startup
- Check the charger to make sure that CoBot has a battery voltage of at least 32V
- Unplug CoBot from the charger
- Unplug the laptop's external adapter
- Turn on CoBot's power by toggling the switch at the rear of the base
- SSH into CoBot's control laptop: ssh cobot2.wv.cc.cmu.edu
- log in
- ./bin/auto_start
Shutdown
- Toggle the power switch at the rear of CoBot's base
- Plug in CoBot's charger
- Plug the laptop back into its external adapter