Evolution Robotics ER1 - Read Books out Loud to Your Child; Teach Your Child the Names of Things

ER1 User Guide C-9
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Read books out loud to your child (while under your supervision)
1. First, teach ER1 to recognize the pages of the book. To do so, checkmark Sight under
If, then:
• Hold up a page of the book to ER1’s camera (having a plain background helps).
• Click on the Capture button.
•In the Capture Object dialog box, give the picture a unique name and indicate
the approximate distance it was from the camera.
• Click on the Ok button in the Capture Object dialog box.
• Repeat these steps for each page of the book.
2. Next, from the Object option in Sight, under If on a blank behavior tab, select one of
the images you just saved.
3. Under Then, checkmark Play a Sound and either select a sound file that contains the
words on the page, or type the words on the page into the Phrase to Speak field.
4. Click on the Behavior Settings button in the upper right of the screen.
5. Click on the Run tab and checkmark the box labeled Let behavior run more than
once.
6. Click on the Apply to all behaviors button.
7. Click on the Ok button.
8. Do the previous step for each page of the book, selecting a new Behavior tab for each
page.
9. When you are done, position ER1 so the child can show ER1’s camera the pages.
10. Click on ER1’s Run it button.
11. As the child shows the pages of the book to ER1’s camera, ER1 will say the words on
the page.
12. Save the behavior and then click on Open to get a new, blank behavior set.
Teach your child the names of things (while under your supervision)
1. You might want to collect pictures of numbers, letters, dinosaurs, or whatever. Or, you
may simply draw pictures on sheets of white paper.
2. Next, teach ER1 to recognize the names of the objects you would like to teach your
child. To do so, checkmark Sight under If on a blank behavior tab, then:
• Hold up a drawing to ER1’s camera
• Click on the Capture button
•In the Capture Object dialog box, give the picture a name and indicate the
approximate distance it was from the camera
• Click on the Ok button in the Capture Object dialog box.