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other, and with the black servo arms facing forward. In other words, the left hip servo arm should be 
facing directly to the left while the right hip servo arm should be facing directly to the right. 
Because the servo arms have splines on them, you may not be able to get them exactly 
perpendicular. Don't worry about this as you'll be able to adjust the servos later.

Connect the foot servos to the black servo arms, trying to have the feet as level to the ground as 
possible. We will adjust these later as well.

Connect the servo arms to the servos using the provided screws.

IMAGING THE CARD

If you didn't purchase the preimaged eMMC or microSD from ameriDroid.com, you will need to 
image it yourself. You can download the image from 
http://video.respectech.com:8080/video/imgs/robot-owen.zip. Decompress the image and write it to 
your media using the instructions at http://ameridroid.com/p/faq. The password for the above 
distribution is "odroid2430".

Now that you have an imaged media card, insert it into the C0.

STARTING THE ROBOT

Turn on the power switch on the C0. It is normal for the servos to "chatter" until they are adjusted 
properly. The screen will be solid white and then solid black until the booting process is completed.

Once the robot finishes booting, it is recommended to connect a keyboard/mouse to the robot so we 
can get everything set up. A wireless keyboard/mouse is preferred as you won't have to have cables 
coming off the robot.

Click on the network icon by the clock at the bottom of the screen and connect to your WiFi access 
point. This can sometimes be a bit tricky on a 240x320 resolution screen.

Once the connection is made, open up a terminal (like LXTerminal) and double-click the top bar of 
the window so that it fits itself to the screen. Type:

ifconfig | grep Bcast

Make sure to type the capital "B" and everything else in lowercase.

This should display the robot's IP address. From another device on the network 

Summary of Contents for OWEN

Page 1: ...or the white servo arm Use the shortest arm that only extends on one side of the servo axle collar Some trimming may be needed to fit the arm in If this is the case hold the arm with a pair of small pliers and shave the sides with a razor blade testing each cut until it fits snugly The side of the the servo arm that has the teeth in the servo axle opening should be facing the flat side of the ankl...

Page 2: ...LY The portion of the pelvis with the battery holder is the back and the flat part is the bottom Insert the wires of one of the blue servos plastic gear from the bottom of the pelvis through the opening in the top of the pelvis closest to the front Insert the servo with the axle pointing down and toward the front of the pelvis Secure the servo with the two included screws Perform the exact same in...

Page 3: ... if possible This will give OWEN more run time after installation SERVO WIRE INSTALLATION The servo wires can be routed through the body and pelvis of the robot to keep slack to a minimum However make sure to leave enough slack in the wires to allow full range of motion for the servos Connect the servo wires to the servo controller with the brown wire on the servo connector closest to the servo co...

Page 4: ... http ameridroid com p faq The password for the above distribution is odroid2430 Now that you have an imaged media card insert it into the C0 STARTING THE ROBOT Turn on the power switch on the C0 It is normal for the servos to chatter until they are adjusted properly The screen will be solid white and then solid black until the booting process is completed Once the robot finishes booting it is rec...

Page 5: ... are level and facing directly forward When they are set correctly there should be no chattering coming from the servos Once you are happy with the servo calibration click the Calibrate button There are a number of pre saved functions you can play with These can be executed by clicking on them There are also load and delete options that can be selected before clicking on a button in order to load ...

Page 6: ... but the speed can also be adjusted for special effects The Calibration settings is where you should have adjusted the feet position when setting up Owen The movements are clickable commands These hold the programs you write in the Definition box If you click load before you click a command button it will just show you the code and not execute it Click 0 Start Face if the face is not up on the scr...

Page 7: ...program name 1 HokeyPokey Left is made up of several things TipOnFoot2 Left WiggleFoot Right WiggleFoot Right 0 Reset Here looking at TipOnFoot Left we can see the raw servo positions that should be sent to the servos This also goes for WiggleFoot Right Guide for calling a command 4 numbers with spaces in between brackets is to change the servo position 0 0 0 0 A star in the brackets means to leav...

Page 8: ...trieving data from the web Interlinking OWENs using networking commands Facial recognition and more Some of the above will require extra hardware like a bluetooth speaker or a webcam but they are all possible The entire OWEN system is open source so feel free to connect to OWEN via an SSH terminal to look around and play with things OWEN runs an open source lighttpd webserver and most of its funct...

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