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Page 4: ...ersonality is yours to shape and mold as you see fit It might try to followyou around or gab or sing or recite poetry or just wander about and go exploringon itsown To say that you can shape its personalitymeans that you can make it more of a poet than an explorer or more of a gabby companion than a singer etc You can individuallymake each one of its six personalitytraits Speak Sing Play Explore G...

Page 5: ...ngyou of a child s birthday an anniversary or otherregularevent ThisOwner sGuidewillhelpyou get the most possibleuse out ofyour Robot whether you are just a beginner or an experienceduser First let us assure you that you cannot in any way harm the Robot by pressing an incorrect key on the keyboard In some cases the Robot will even tell you that you have made an illegalentry The most you will ever ...

Page 6: ...uction 2 Charging the Batteries 6 Charging Procedure 6 Start up Procedure 8 Turning it on 8 Self Diagriostics 9 Setting the Clock 10 Remote Control Accessory 15 The Robot s Features 17 Manual Entry 18 Guard 20 Alarm 22 Page4 ...

Page 7: ...ersonality 25 Levelsof Activityand the Selection Process 25 Explore 27 Setting the Personality 28 Plan 30 Sleep 38 About the Help Key 39 Robot Wiza rd 40 Demo Program 41 VoiceAdjustments 42 In Case of Difficulty 43 Pages ...

Page 8: ...r harm them by leavingthe charger connected for an extended period of time The Robot will operate but willnot exploreon itsownwhilethe chargeris connectedto the CHARGER socket The Robotwillnormallyoperate for at least four hours on a fullcharge This time varies greatly depending upon how activethe drive and steeringmotors are The ModelRTA 1 4 BatteryAccessorycan double the operatingtime CHARGING P...

Page 9: ...POWERswitch to OFF during charging if you have already been using the Robotand you push the POWER switch to OFF you will have to repeatthe start upprocedure FigureI NOTE Whenever the power cube is not plugged into an outlet be sure to disconnectthe power cord from the Robot or the power cube willeventually dischargethe batteries Page ...

Page 10: ...gnostics beforeyou begin TURNING ITON I Use a key ball pointpen or similar object to push the POWERswitch on the rear of the Robot s head to ON Normally this switch should alwaysremain on to maintainthe Robot smemoryand the time 2 Push the SLEEPswitch on the rear of the Robot s head to NORM if this has not alreadybeen done 3 Push the RESETkey on the keyboard The green POWERLED will light The red D...

Page 11: ...f one of the sensors Thesesensorsare clearlylabeledon the frontand side of the Robot shead Just followthe directions provided by the Robot If your Robotdoes not have the optionalinfraredmotiondetector itwill say motion detector malfunction for thistest Thisis normal andyour Robot will use the sonar transducer when it is running a program that requires the motiondetector OPTIONAL INFRARED MOTION DE...

Page 12: ...the Robotwillsay daylightsavingstime selected Press ENTERto confirmor C to change If you livein an area that observes DaylightSavingstime press the ENTERkey If you do not press the C key to change to standard time then press the ENTERkey when HEROJr requestsit NOTE In the followingsteps you willset the time and date Do not be con cerned if you notice that you have made a mistake while performingth...

Page 13: ...ruary 03 March etc Upto 12 December 4 Date Enter two digits that correspond to the date 05 for the 5th 12forthe 12th etc 5 Year Entertwo digits thatcorrespondtothe year 84 for1984 etc 6 Enter time hours 1 through 12 Enter two digits 01 for 1 o clock 11for11o clock etc HEROJr willaskwhether it sAMor PMlater NOTE The clockinside the Robotwill not start keeping time until you press the ENTERkey in a ...

Page 14: ... 9 The Robot will now speak the time and date that you entered If they are correct waituntilthe actualtimeagreeswiththe minutesyou entered in step 7 above then press the ENTERkey If you wish to change the time and or date press the C key and return to step 2 of these instruc tions The Robotwillnowsay 10 Set specialdate Decideupon a date that you wish to have the Robot remember suchas a birthday an...

Page 15: ... NOTE When you press the ENTERkey in the next step your Robot will respond with an introductorymessage followedby the word ready If you do not enter any commands for several seconds the Robot will say timed out and willautomatically startoperatingon itsown usingitsbuilt inpersonal ity The Robot will seem to have a mind of its own and may sing speak recite poetry etc See TheRobotsFeatures on Page 1...

Page 16: ...tthe Robot spersonalitylater 15 Press the SET UP key The Robotwill tell you how its personalityis currentlyset up and giveyou the chanceto changeits personalitytraits As the Robotcallsout each of the six traits such as Sing press the zero key If you press a key other than zero wait until you have all ofthe traitsset Thensimplyrepeatthisstep NOTE When the Robot is waitingfor you to do something the...

Page 17: ...o straight ahead Or you may find it easier to make HEROJr make a normal tum if you press the key several times in a row Your skillwill improve rapidlyas youuse the Robot Key 2 Causes the Robot to move forward stop and move backwards The firsttimeyoupress thiskey press the keyand hold it downmomentarily the Robotwillmoveforward Pressthiskeyagain and hold itdownmomentar ily to stop the motion The th...

Page 18: ...moteunit When you press a keyon the keyboardwhileyou are usingthe Remote Control the keyboardentrywilloverridethe RemoteControl 2 If the Robotis movingunder itsowncontroland you operatethe Remote Control the RemoteControlwilloverridethe Robot sowncommands 3 When the Robotis operatingunder remote control the data LEDs indi catorlights willstrobetowardyou 7 to 0 unlessthe Robotisspeaking Page 16 ...

Page 19: ...he followingpages But HEROJr will automatically revert back to it s built in personalitywhen you are not using it for one of theseother tasks The PIAN key allowsyou to program HEROJr to perform tasks at somespecifictimein the future The GUARDkey lets you program HEROJr to guard your home or officeto keepitsafefromintruders The AIARMkey allowsyou to program your Robotto wake itself up at a certain ...

Page 20: ...OJr s criticalcircuits to conserve power Use this switchin the SLEEPpositioninstead ofturningthe Robot spoweroff MANUAL ENTRY ByusingHEROJr s keypad you can selectone ofthe programsthat are perma nently stored in the Robot smemory This includes the Demo program and Speak Sing Play Gab and Poet Speak Sing Play and Poet each have word selectionsthat are permanently stored inside the Robot smemory Th...

Page 21: ... Press the Oand I keys to obtain selection1 The Robotwillspeak the timeand dateand waitforyournextcommand Nowthat you knowhowthis mode works try to enter differentselectionnum bers in the Speakfeature Alsouse the same method to experimentwithSing Play and Poet If you select the Gab feature HEROJr will speak random gibberishthat sounds like English Normally you would use keys Othrough 3forthe activ...

Page 22: ...sponse you could have the Robotprogrammed to automatically set off a home securityalarm such as the Heathkit Model GD 2800series SecuritySystem which may be equipped to call a neighbor This assumes thatyou havethe ModelGDA 2800 3 Transmitter part ofthe GD 2800system installedinyour Robot Ifyou have the ModelRTA 1 1 Infrared IR MotionDetectorinstalledin your Robot it will use this sensor to look on...

Page 23: ...ode the Robot remains stationaryand guards a specific area When one of the sensors detects movement the Robotwill ask for a password A correct passwordcancels the alarm and no further actionoccurs An incorrectpassword however causesthe Robotto give a verbal warning message and set off your home securitysystem if yourRobotisequippedtodo so NOTE When you give the correct password it will cancel the ...

Page 24: ... Caution on Page 27 about things to watchout for when the Robotismovingabout Activatingthe GuardFeature I Pressthe GUARD key 2 When the Robotasks foryou to enter 1 or 2 press the key that corres pondstothe modeofsecurityyoudesire as describedabove AIARM The Alarm key allowsyou to program the Robot to perform one of three alarmmodes Page 22 ...

Page 25: ...If you do not answer the Robot it will wait ten minutes and makea thirdattemptto awakenyou If this attemptfails it assumes you have alreadyleftand willgo to sleep until the next day to conserve batterypower 3 Modethree is a specialalarm feature Thismode allowsyou to preprog ram the Robotto informyou vocallyat some time in the future that somethingissupposedto happen Itwillcontinuetomakethisannounc...

Page 26: ... the time enter the time that you wish to have the Robot wake up After you have entered the time the Robot will go to sleep The Plan feature described later will show you how to make the Robot stay awake and yet perform the alarm function at a latertime NOTE Toawakenthe Robotfromself initiated sleep you mustpressthe RESET key ThisactionalsocancelstheAlarmfeature Page24 ...

Page 27: ...k Play Gab and Poetpersonality traits Personalityuses these traits in addition to an Explore trait to provide the Robotwithwitha personalityofitsown LEVEL5 OFACTIVITY ANDTHESELECTION PROCESS Each personality trait has eleven levels of activity which are designated by the numbers O through 9 and the letter A which means always When you first turned your Roboton these levelswere automaticallyset as ...

Page 28: ...o they would not confuse youwhileyouwere learninghowsomeofthe other featuresoperate When you have the personalitytraits set to the desired levels as above for example or to the other levels you prefer it will perform these personality traits in a random fashion The loweryou have a particularlevelset the less likelythe Robot is to perform that personalitytrait For example if you set the Exploretrai...

Page 29: ...cideswhichpersonalitytraittoexhibit EXPWRE Beforeyou actuallyset the levels to some desired value you should know more about the Exploretrait When the Robot explores it will move about on its own and actuallyexplore the area All of its sensors are combined to helpreducethe chancesofitsrunningintoa wallor someotherobject CAUTION Supervise your Robot until you become familiarwith the Explore Trait Y...

Page 30: ...The Robotwilltellyou howthe variouspersonality traitsare currentlyset 2 After the Robot tells you how the levels are set it will give you the opportunityto change each level If you have not set these levelsbefore except during the Start up Procedure set the levelsto the values listed on Page 11 Simplypress the proper number key as the Robotprompts you NOTE If you want to know what the personality ...

Page 31: ... Robotto sing a particularsong or speak a particular phrase but as soon as it finishesit willwaitfor your next command for about 15seconds say timed out and then automatically returntoitsPersonality Totemporarilyinhibitthe Personalitymode press anykeyexceptENTER To inhibit the Personalitymode for a longer period of time you can either slide the NORM SLEEP switch on the back of the head to SLEEPor ...

Page 32: ... use is limited If you enter several large plans the totalnumberofpossibleplansbecomeslessthan 16 Sincethis mode is somewhatmorecomplicatedthan the other modes detailed instructionsare providedbelowthat showyouhowto enter twoexampleplans Youshould then be able to use the informationprovidedhere to designyour ownplans NOTE If youwaittoo longbetweenentries the Robotwilltime outand revert back to its...

Page 33: ...eduretoproperlyenterthisplan 1 Pressthe PlANkey TheRobotwillrespondwith Beginplan 2 When the Robotasks you for the time and date enter the time and date that you wish to have the plan begin NOTE In this example this timeis11 00PMtonight thetimethe Robotwillgoto sleep 3 Listenfor the Robot to say next which means it is waitingfor the next or first instruction you will tell it what to do at the plan...

Page 34: ...7 The Robotwillsay next again Sinceyou are not givingit any further taskstodo pressthe Pl ANkeytoexitthe Planmode You now have Example1 entered into memory The Robotwillnow remain active go to sleep at the timeyou have designatedfor the plan to begin 11 00 PM and wakeyouup at the propertime NOTE When a plan includesan alarm perform the alarm last since all the alarm modes return to the RobotPerson...

Page 35: ... at 7 15PM say I am HEROjunior at 7 30 PM and recite poetry at 7 45PM Sinceyou are requestingsomethingto happen at four differenttimes youwillhavetodesignfourseparateplans Use the followingprocedure to properlyenter the four plans that will satisfy thisexample I Pressthe PIANkey Page33 ...

Page 36: ... Robotsays next press the SPEAKkey Then enter 01 for the selectionthatspeaksthe currenttime When you press the ENTER key instead of entering an actual date you are telling the Robot that you don t care to be specific here you want this to happen on all of the months or days or years You could also use this key instead of entering one of the time elements If you press ENTER instead of entering a sp...

Page 37: ...e the same procedure as you did in steps 2 and 3 above to enter the following timeand date Month ENTER Date ENTER Year ENTER Hours 07 Minutes 15 AMor PM E 8 When the Robotsays next press the SINGkey Then enter a number thatcorrespondstoone ofthe singselections suchas 02 9 Pressthe PIANkeytoexitthe Planmode Thisends the secondplan Page35 ...

Page 38: ...s AM or PM ENTER fordon tcare ENTER fordon tcare ENTER fordon tcare 07 30 E 12 When the Robot says next press the SPEAKkey Then enter 04 for the selection Iam HEROJunior your personalRobot 13 Pressthe PIANkeytoexitthe Planmode Thisends the thirdplan 14 Press the PIAN key to enter the Plan mode This begins the fourth plan Page36 ...

Page 39: ... tcare 07 45 E 16 When the Robotsays next press the POETkey Then enter a number thatcorrespondstoone ofthe poetselections suchas 02 17 Pressthe PIANkeytoexitthe Planmode Thisends the fourthplan Younow have Example2 entered into memory The Robotwillremain active butwillperformeachofthe programmedtasksat the propertime Page37 ...

Page 40: ...ticalcircuits or those circuitsneeded to do a particular operation You can also force the Robot to go to sleep at any time by sliding the NORM SLEEP switchon the back of its head to SLEEP As we mentioned earlier you should always slide this switch to the SLEEPposition whenever youchargethe batteries Push the NORM SLEEP switchto NORMif you want to wake the Robot up usually it willsay somethingupon ...

Page 41: ...Alarm etc To obtain informationabout the Guard key forexample 1 Pressthe HELPkey 2 When the Robot asks you to press one of the other keys press the GUARDkey The Robot will provide you with inf rmation about that key You can use the same procedure to obtain quick informationabout any of the other functionkeys Page 39 ...

Page 42: ...ROBOT WIZARD Once you have become familiarwith the operation of HEROJr you may to advanceyour skills Referto the Programmer sGuide forsecretpasswords forthisfunction Page 40 ...

Page 43: ...t the Robotwill tell you what to do and when CAUTION The Robot will move around some during this program To begin the Demo Program simply press the DEMOkey Now followthe directionsprovidedbythe Robot IMPORTANT At one point in the program the Robotwillask you to identify yourself Whenthishappens clapyourhands three times Page 41 ...

Page 44: ...nge the volume pass a screw driver blade through the indicated space between the head and the right side panel Then use the screwdriverto tum VOLUME control R234clockwise to increasethe volumeor counterclock wiseto decreasethevolume To change the pitch pass the screw driver blade through the indicated space between the head and the right side panel Then use the screwdriverto tum PITCHcontrol R224c...

Page 45: ...problem youare experiencing Thencheckthe itemslistedunder PossibleCauses CONDITION POSSIBLE CAUSES Robot completely inoperable green 1 Power switch on rear of head is in LED does not light Off position 2 Batteries discharged Charge bat teries fo r12 to 14 hours 3 Blown fuse Pull front body panel straight off and check fuse located just above batteries Page43 ...

Page 46: ...econds is in Sleep position 2 Push RESET to get out of Alarm mode 3 Low battery voltage Robot will normally say low battery when this occurs 4 Charger connected to Robot Unplug charger during operation No voice or distorted voice 1 Volume control R234 or Pitch control R224 misadjusted see Voice Adjustments Page44 ...

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