ER1 User Guide 1-3
Possibilities
• Link the individual tasks one after another in any order you choose.
• Save the sequence of behaviors you have created.
• Click on the Run it button. As soon as the trigger condition in the If column has
been met, the behaviors will be executed.
With this basic strategy, you can program your ER1 to do amazing things. With
accessories such as the Gripper Arm (soon to be released) you can have the robot carry
things from one place to another. With the XBeams Expansion Pack you can change the
size and shape of the robot. With an extra camera, you can both view obstacles on the floor
and recognize objects while looking forward. We would love to hear what new ideas you
come up with for using ER1.
Possibilities
ER1’s Robot Control Software gives you access to a wide range of robot functionality.
Here are just a few examples:
• Object Recognition allows you to train your robot to recognize specific objects
(furniture, books, vases, etc.) in its environment. Later, you can train the robot to
perform an action based on object identification. For example, say "Television
remote" when it recognizes your television's remote control.
• Color Detection allows the robot to detect colors you specify. For instance, you can
train the robot to recognize the color of your couch and to move toward it.
• Voice Recognition uses the Microsoft
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Speech SDK 5.1 voice recognition engine
to enable the robot to understand certain spoken commands. (Note that your robot
does not come with a microphone. You can use the microphone built into in your
laptop or an external one.)
• Timer allows the robot to perform user-specified behaviors at a preprogrammed
time.
• Navigation Commands allow you to direct your robot's movements, including
moving a specified distance at a specified velocity, moving towards an object and
stopping a predetermined distance from that object, rotating towards a color, and
more.
• Text-to-Speech uses built-in Microsoft
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Windows text-to-speech capabilities to
allow the robot to speak the words from written text.
• Play a Sound allows you to tell the robot to play a specific sound in response to a
spoken command or visual cue, or at a specified time.
• Run a Program allows you to launch and execute any Windows program directly
from the Robot Control Center software window.
• Send and Receive Email allows your robot to perform pre-programmed actions
upon receipt of an expected email. Your robot can also send email alerting you that
a preprogrammed condition has occurred.
• Take Photo/Video allows the robot to take a picture or record video.
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