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Adept Lynx Platform User's Guide, Rev D
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Optional Components and Attachments (partial list)
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Adept Enterprise Manager™ 1100 system
This is a system that manages a fleet of AIVs, for multi-AIV coordination and job man-
agement. It includes the Enterprise Manager appliance running the Mobile Robot soft-
ware.
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Spare batteries
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Vertical-mount object-detection lasers
Option for payload structure development.
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Payload structure sonar kit
Includes four sonar emitter/receiver pairs and one sonar controller, which handles the
eight sonar units.
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Cleanroom version
The platform is available in a cleanroom-suitable version.
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Call Buttons/Door boxes
Allow an AIV to be requested from a remote location, or allow the Adept system to con-
trol an automated door, so the AIV can pass through it.
Refer to the Adept Lynx Platform Peripherals Guide for details on these.
User-Supplied Components / System Requirements
PC with Microsoft Windows®
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Ethernet (wireless preferred)
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100 megabytes of available hard-disk storage
Software Overview
A fair amount of software is involved in setting up and running an Adept Lynx platform.
The platform comes with the following software:
Mobile Software Suite
The Mobile Software suite includes all of the software used for the Lynx platform, with the
exception of the SetNetGo OS.
ARAM
The Advanced Robotics Automation Management software (ARAM™) runs on the Lynx plat-
form core. It operates ranging sensors like the safety scanning laser and sonar, and performs
all the high-level, autonomous robotics functions, including obstacle avoidance, path plan-
ning, localization, navigation, and so on, culminating in motion commands to the MARCOS
firmware. ARAM also controls the battery and light discs, and manages digital and analog
I/O, which, along with Lynx platform power, provide for integration of application-specific
sensors and effectors (user-supplied).