Robotex AVATAR III - Post-Use Maintenance; Charging the Robot Battery; Charging the Controller Battery; Folding the Flippers In

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Avatar®IIIUserManualRevD12/2015
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2)Post‐UseMaintenance
A) ChargingtheRobotBattery
 AfterremovingthebatteryfromtheAvatar®III,alignthechargerandbattery
connectorsandplugtheadapterintoanACwalloutlet.
 Batteryisfullychargedwhentheindicatoronthetopofthebatteryshows5full
blackbars,orwhentheindicatorlightonthetopofthechargerturnsgreen(ifyou
chooseto,itisalrighttoleavethebatteryonthecharger).
 Tocheckchargelevels,youcanrefertothechargeindicatoronthebatteryitself,
whichwilltellyouhowmuchchargeisleft.Youcanalsolookattheon‐screen
controllerindicators(seepage12).
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B) ChargingtheControllerBattery
 PlugtheadapterintoanACwalloutlet.
 Plugtheroundadapterplugintotheroundchargingportonthebottomofthe
controller.
 ThecontrollerisfullychargedwhentheLEDlightonthecontrollerturnsoffor
flashesred.IftheLEDlightissolidred,
thecontrollerischarging.Youshouldleave
thecontrolleronthechargerwhennotinuse.
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C) FoldingtheFlippersIn
 Ifyouwishtoputtherobotinitscase,youwillhavetofolditsfrontandbackflippersin.To
doso,itisnecessaryto“smack”theflippersagainstthegroun dwithsomeforceto
disengagethemfromtheirlockedposition(makesuretheHighAngleStabilizers
havebeen
removedbeforedisengagingbackflippers).Therecommendedmethodistogripthe
robot’sfrontwithonehandandthebackhandlewiththeother, holdingtherobotatan
angletohittheflippersagainsttheground.NOTE:Besuretoapplyequalpressuretoboth
flippers.Do
NOTtrytomovethemoneatatime.
Thesearetheindicatorbars.Thedark
barsreflecttheamountofchargein
thebattery.Fiveblackbarsmeanthe
batteryisfullycharged.Whenno
blackbarsarepresent,thebatteryis
empty.Thebatteryinthispicture
showsabatterywithjustunderafull
charge.
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