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This site is under construction (I just put some things, structure will follow).
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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 avoid damage to the s-bot]]
   
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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]]
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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[[SBOT hardware disassembly]] - videos on how to take an sbot apart and fix hardware problems
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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[[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)
   
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[[Sbot scripts | Useful scripts]] - Some scripts recurrently used
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General Treatment:
 
   
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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
- never let the s-bots drink negroni, otherwise they start dancing La Macarena
 
 
- Battery Level: if there is no strong reason, don't go bellow 6.8V.
 
 
- if proximity sensors are touched, they bend. If the bend approx 10 times, they break (e.g. s-bot 11).
 
 
- 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