10
Avatar®
III
User
Manual
Rev
D
12/2015
1)
Basic
Avatar®
III
Controls
Please
refer
to
Figure
1
on
page
11
for
controller
button
diagram
and
labels.
A)
Powering
On/Off,
Audio
Volume,
and
Robot
Movement
Power
On/Off
Button:
Powers
the
controller
on
and
off.
Incoming
Volume
Control
Knob:
Push
up
=
incoming
audio
volume
increases
Push
down
=
incoming
audio
volume
decreases
Robot
Control
Joystick
(Left
Joystick):
The
left
joystick
controls
robot
movement
(left/right
and
forward/reverse).
The
robot
responds
to
a
range
of
input
–
the
further
you
push
the
stick,
the
faster
the
robot
will
move.
For
slow
movement,
push
lightly
on
the
joystick.
There
are
two
speed
modes,
high
and
low
that
will
be
discussed
on
page
14.
B)
Flipper
Control,
IR/LED
Light,
and
Push
‐
to
‐
Talk
Audio
Flipper
Control
Knob
(Right
Knob):
Push
up
=
flippers
go
up
Push
down
=
flippers
go
down
Note:
When
pushing
the
flipper
control
knob
down,
the
flippers
themselves
will
stop
automatically
once
they
are
flat
on
the
ground.
To
position
the
flippers
below
this
position,
release
the
flipper
control
knob
and
then
push
down
again.
LED
Light
Switch
(Yellow
Button):
Switches
the
robot’s
front
LED
Light
ON/OFF.
Two
‐
Way
Audio
“Push
to
Talk”
Button
(Blue
Button):
Hold
down
for
outgoing
audio
–
to
project
your
voice
from
the
robot.
Release
to
hear
incoming
audio
–
to
hear
what
the
robot
hears.
Note:
Unless
the
blue
button
is
pressed,
incoming
audio
is
on
by
default.
There
is
no
incoming
audio
while
the
robot
is
in
motion.
