ER1 User Guide 3-5
Then Actions
•The Run Program action is considered completed when the program starts to run.
•The Send Message action is considered completed when the email is queued for
sending.
•The Record action is considered completed when the photo is taken or the video
recording is completed.
Move
This action moves the robot toward a color target or an object target. You can also specify
a fixed distance/angle for the robot to travel or rotate.
Play a Sound
This action plays a sound file, or speaks a phrase using the Text-to-Speech capability. The
Browse button can be used to open a dialog box where you can select a sound file.
Alternatively, you can type a phrase to be spoken. You can also choose from among the
prerecorded sound files that ship with the RCC.
Run a Program
This action prompts the robot to open a Windows application such as Excel. The Browse
button opens a dialog box allowing you to specify the executable you want to run.
Message Send
This action allows the robot to send an email message to one or more recipients. Fill in the
sender, subject, and body fields as needed.
Record
This action allows the robot to shoot a still photo or record video.
Trying Out Actions
There is a Try It button right on the right side of the screen. Clicking on this button will
execute whichever action or actions are specified in the current behavior. Use this button
to try out actions to make sure they work as intended before running the actions in a
program.
Running and Stopping Behaviors
The This Task section of the RCC software window contains the Run it and Stop buttons
used to execute and halt the behaviors you created in the If /Then sections. Click on the
Run it button to begin running the behavior or behavior sequence you created. The Stop
button stops any behaviors that are being executed. This button only becomes active while
a behavior is being run.
Behavior Execution
As mentioned earlier, a sequence of behaviors linked together by the sequence condition is
uninterruptible. All sequences begin with a behavior that has a non-sequence condition
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