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This site is under construction (I just put some things, structure will follow). It is intended to summarize things to take care about when working with s-bots in order not to destroy them.
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This site is under construction (I just put some things related to s-bots, nice structure, may follow).
   
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[[How to avoid damage to the s-bot]]
If you are not sure about something, Ciro, Vito and Rodi have already many weeks of experience of working with s-bot, consider to ask them.
 
   
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[[HOWTO Use Fixed IP for the S-bots in IRDIA|How to use Fixed IP for the S-bots in IRDIA]]
   
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[[How to configure login without password and distributed control]]
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General Treatment:
 
   
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[[SBOT hardware disassembly]] - videos on how to take an sbot apart and fix hardware problems
- never let the s-bots drink negroni, otherwise they start dancing La Macarena
 
   
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[[SBot Disassembly and Reassembly HOWTO | How to disassemble and reassemble an SBot]] - Step by step guide to completely dismantle and reassemble sbot (text only for the moment)
- Battery Level: if there is no strong reason, don't go bellow 6.8V.
 
   
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[[Sbot scripts | Useful scripts]] - Some scripts recurrently used
- if proximity sensors are touched, they bend. If the bend approx 10 times, they break (e.g. s-bot 11).
 
   
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[[Media:Quand_quelque_chose_est_casse_sur_le_sbot.pdf | When something happens to the s-bots (French, pdf)]] - A document list common hardware problems and their solutions
- if possible, don't touch the camera cylinder (because of image quality and center).
 
 
- No WLAN: if you cannot access a running s-bot, connect with the serial cable (minicon -s / minicom -o under Linux, hyperterminal under Win); be careful when removing the upper part, on the new s-bots the cylinder is mounted very tight; if possible, try not to change camera focus.
 
 
- Charging: if connected wrongly, s-bots can be damaged (full disassembly necessary); make sure, charger turns RED
 
 
- Traction Sensor: can break, if s-bot is placed on the ground in the RAMBO way.
 
 
- SSH: do not copy files bigger than 117 KB (use strip for executables, bzip2, split). Reason: usb is messed up, camera might not work anymore (even after reboot).
 
 
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Programming:
 
 
- check the battery level automatically by all your programs (with exit if low), at the beginning
 
 
- always let your s-bot program shut down carefully (but signal handler which captures ctrl-c)
 
 
- smoothn the speed values applied to the tracks, a loop of 10, -10, 10, -10 will cause the tracks not to move
 
anymore (s-bot 15)
 
 
- check the torque on the tracks, if it is high (>87?) for a long time (5 seconds?), the gears wear off
 
 
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 1 February 2006

This site is under construction (I just put some things related to s-bots, nice structure, may follow).

How to avoid damage to the s-bot

How to use Fixed IP for the S-bots in IRDIA

How to configure login without password and distributed control

SBOT hardware disassembly - videos on how to take an sbot apart and fix hardware problems

How to disassemble and reassemble an SBot - Step by step guide to completely dismantle and reassemble sbot (text only for the moment)

Useful scripts - Some scripts recurrently used

When something happens to the s-bots (French, pdf) - A document list common hardware problems and their solutions