ExRobotics B.V.
ExR-2 Robot
Operating Guide
Document No.:
20220412IP1
Version No.: 2
Owner:
Ian Peerless
Date:
2022-04-30
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The only controls mounted on each robot are the red emergency stop switch and the black on/off
switch:
▪
When the red emergency stop switch is pressed downwards it immobilises the drive motors.
The robot ca
n’
t be driven until the switch is released by rotating it and letting it spring
upwards.
▪
When the black switch is rotated anticlockwise to the “off” position the power supply to all
components (except some circuits in the electronics box) is shut-off.
▪
When the emergency stop switch is released and the robot is switched on, the robot is held in
position by its motors.
▪
When the emergency stop switch is pressed down and/or the robot is switched off, ther
e’
s no
power to the motors so the robot moves freely. This means it will roll down a slope under the
influence of gravity.
3.
Control Stations & Communication
Customers are responsible for providing control stations. By default, robots are controlled with a:
▪
PC with a screen resolution of at least 1920 x 1080 and Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.
▪
Xbox gamepad for driving the robot.
▪
M
ouse or trackpad for operating the cursor on the PC’s screen
.
Should a customer prefer to control their robots with
“
tablets
”
(without gamepads) they should
perform a risk assessment because there will be no physical emergency stop on the control station.
In the near future customers will then be able to adapt the user interface for use with tablets.
However, at the moment they should contact their account manager.
It’s imp
ortant that there are no intrusive firewalls between the control station and the cloud
software (see below).
Port
Protocol
IP
3478
UDP
Will be given to you by Energy Robotics
Robots transfer data and receive instructions via wireless networks. This might be a public 4G
network, a private 4G network, or a WiFi network. They also have a short-range WiFi network that
can be used to correct faults if the main communications network fails. 4G networks are secured
using VPN technology.
The wireless network will connect the robot to a server which might be a private server, or a service
provided by a third party company such as Amazon (AWS) or Microsoft (Azure). This server will host
the cloud software (see Section 6) and transfer data to other servers.
