Adept Lynx Platform User's Guide, Rev D
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Chapter 1: Introduction
For most applications, you will want to customize the Lynx platform with a payload structure,
attached to the top of the platform, to hold, carry, or handle your parts, samples, or documents.
Refer to Payload Structures on page 43 for guidelines on designing a payload structure.
The Adept Lynx platform provides a variety of interfaces and power connections to support
your application-specific sensors and accessories, mounted on your payload structure. Refer to
Connectivity on page 51, for information on the available connectors on the Lynx platform.
Body and Drive
The Adept Lynx platform is relatively small, lightweight, and highly maneuverable. It has a
strong aluminum chassis and solid construction that makes it very durable. It has an IPrating
of IP-40.
The platform is a two-wheel, differential-drive vehicle, with spring-loaded passive casters front
and rear, and independent drive-wheel spring-suspension for balance. Its solid, foam-filled
wheels are at the mid-line of the platform, so that the platform can turn in place.
What's Included - Basic Components
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One fully-assembled Lynx platform
The platform includes a safety scanning laser, front bumper with two sonar pairs, and
two rear-facing sonar pairs. Each pair is one transmitter and one receiver.
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One fully-charged battery
This is shipped separately from the platform, due to air shipping regulations.
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Lynx core, which includes an integrated computer, running Advanced Robotics Auto-
mation Management (ARAM™) and a microcontroller with MARCOS™ firmware. The
core is housed inside the Lynx platform. It also runs the SetNetGo™ OS.
ARAM and MARCOS firmware and the SetNetGo OS are pre-loaded on the platform.
A gyroscope is mounted on the Lynx core, and each drive wheel has an encoder and a
Hall sensor to complement the safety scanning laser.
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Operator Panel
This includes a screen, an E-Stop button, ON and OFF buttons, a brake-release button,
and a keyswitch, which can be locked, and key removed, in either position. This will
usually be mounted on the user-designed and -built payload structure.
An optional touchscreen is available. See Options on page 89.
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Automated docking station
Allows the platform to charge itself, without user intervention. This includes a wall-
mount bracket and a floor plate, for a choice of installation methods. See Installing the
Docking Station on page 31.
A manual charging cord is included, so you can charge the battery or a spare battery
outside of the platform.
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Joystick
Used for manually controlling the platform, mostly when making a scan to be used for
generating a map.
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User documentation
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