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Basic Usage
Make sure be aware of the ​ safety guidelines ​ .
Charging
Connect the power adapter to Kobuki or dock Kobuki in the docking station. If Kobuki is turned on,
you will hear a short sound when charging starts and the LED will light up appropriately.
● Green : fully charged
● Blinking Green : charging
● Orange : low battery
Tip: ​ the battery still charges if Kobuki is off, but you will not see the LED, nor hear sounds
First Run
You want to see Kobuki in action without further ado? Kobuki has a special random walker mode
embedded into the firmware which you can activate on start-up:
1.
Turn on Kobuki.
2.
Within the first 3 seconds press the B0 button and hold for 2 seconds.
3.
LED2 will start blinking and Kobuki wander around.
Tip: ​ this was introduced to the firmware in v1.1.0. In case your kobuki is not running this or a later version,
please refer to the section about
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updating the firmware.
Software
In order to gain access to all of Kobuki’ s features, you will need an external computing unit
(pc/laptop/tablet/embedded board) with software which communicates with Kobuki. Officially
supported systems include:
Build Your Own
Kobuki Driver
Use the ​ Serial Protocol
Linux C++
Application
Use the ​ Kobuki C++ Driver
Kobuki for
ROS
Use the ​ Kobuki ROS World
Alternatively, you can get started with the ​ Turtlebot 2 Platform ​ which runs on a Kobuki base.
Info:
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other platforms have had experimental support at one stage or another (windows/arduino/android).
Problems
Reach out on the following channels:
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