ActivMedia Robotics AmigoBot User Manual

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ActivMedia Robotics AmigoBot User’s Guide Introduction1C h a p t e r 1 I N T R O D U C T I O NCongratulations on your purchase of AmigoBot and welcome to therapidly growing community of Intelligent Mobile Robot enthusiasts.This AmigoBot User’s Guide provides both the general and technicaldetails you need to operate your AmigoBot Intelligent Mobile Robot. Weencourage you also to use these companion resources:! ActivMedia Robotics software and support services athttp://www.amigobot.com! AmigoBot-users newsgroup! 24-hour AmigoBot-support email service! AmigoBot applications online HelpW h a t i s A m i g o B o t ?AmigoBot is an intelligent mobile robot: not a toy, but a powerfully smartmoving machine. Intelligent because it has an onboard microcontrollerwith software (AmigOS) and sensors that enable the robot to sense what’saround it and to safely drive in and around its environment. Combinedwith state-of-the-art robotics software like Navigator from ActivMediaRobotics Basic Suite running on your PC, AmigoBot can actuallydetermine where it is (localization) and find its way safely from one placeto the next, with your help (teleoperation) and without your help (self-guided navigation), all the while going around obstacles, through doors,over bumps, under tables…AmigoBot is the culmination of many years of mobile-robotics researchand development by experts in artificial- and machine-intelligence fromaround the world. Chief among these contributors is Dr. Kurt Konolige,Consulting Professor with Stanford University and Senior Scientist with theArtificial Intelligence Center at SRI International, Inc. Based on 15 years ofexperience in robot design, Dr. Konolige developed the Pioneer robot in1995. Pioneer was the first device to make intelligent mobile roboticsaffordable for most colleges and universities. It quickly became theleading off-the-shelf mobile robot for research and development