Evolution Robotics ER1 - Teach Your Parrot some New Words; Play Youre Free! at Quitting Time Every Friday

Appendix C 50 Ways to Love Your Robot
C-6 ER1 User Guide
7. Wait until your dog barks loudly. (No taunting the dog to get her to bark!)
8. ER1 should tell Spot to “Be quiet!”
9. Save the behavior and then click on Open to get a new, blank behavior set.
Important Note: You may need to experiment with the volume level. Wait until everybody
is gone, lock the door, and practice barking at various volumes into the microphone.
Teach your parrot some new words
1. Under If on a blank behavior tab, checkmark Time and set the time to when you’ll be
out of the room (say, 2:00 P.M.), then select Every minute.
2. Under Then, click on Play a Sound and type, “Pretty bird” in the Phrase to Speak
field.
3. Click ER1’s Run it button.
4. At 2:00 P.M. ER1 should start saying, “Pretty bird” to your parrot every minute.
5. Save the behavior and then click on Open to get a new, blank behavior set.
Stand outside your door and tell anyone who knocks you are in a meeting
1. Under If on a blank behavior tab, checkmark Sound and select a volume level from
the Level checkboxes (volume increases from left to right).
2. Under Then, click on Play a Sound and type, “Rhonda is in a meeting right now.
Please try back at 2P.M.” in the Phrase to Speak field. (If by some strange
circumstance your name is not “Rhonda,” substitute your name.)
3. Click on the Behavior Settings button in the upper right of the screen.
4. Click on the Run tab and checkmark the box labeled Let behavior run more than
once.
5. Click on the Ok button.
6. Click ER1’s Run it button.
7. Whenever ER1 hears a loud sound, such as knocking, it will say, “Rhonda is in a
meeting right now. Please try back next at 2 P.M.”
8. Save the behavior and then click on Open to get a new, blank behavior set.
Play “You’re Free!” at quitting time every Friday
1. On Friday, select a blank behavior tab, then under If checkmark Time and enter your
quitting time. Select weekly.
2. Under Then, click on Play a Sound and type, “You’re free! Free!” in the Phrase to
Speak field.
3. Click ER1’s Run it button.
4. ER1 should remind you every Friday at quitting time that you’re free to take off.
5. Save the behavior and then click on Open to get a new, blank behavior set.