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Operation guide

📦Quick Start

🔌Start up tutorial

The unboxing procedure usually requires two people. One secures Adam with a suspension latch while the other one lifts Adam's waist to remove him out of the crate.

Warning

  1. Adam may be low on power upon arrival. Please fully charge it before use to ensure that Adam is operated when it is fully charged.
  2. Before turning on Adam, please confirm whether the Emergency Stop Button on Adam(the red emergency stop button on the top of Adam’s body) is sprung back. <font color="red">In case of an emergency, press the LB+RB combination key on the remote controller to cut off the power first, and then press the emergency stop button to stop the operation.</font>

⚡Charging

Before using the robot, please make sure that it is fully charged. Plug the charger into the supply first and then plug in to the robot as follows. Select an appropriate current through the knob on the charger (10A recommended). harging

🖥️Start Up Instructions

Step1：Full Body Inspection

Check all visible cables of actuators, make sure they are all connected solidly. Make sure the Emergency Stop Switch is sprung back.

Full Body Inspection

Step2: Router Power-On

Insert the network cable that can be connected to the Internet into the WAN port of the router, and make sure that the router has an Internet connection. Power on the router and wait patiently for 30 seconds. The connection is successful when the indicator light changes from red to white.

Router Power-On

Step3：RCU Power-On

Press the golden button on the left side briefly to power on RCU. A purple indicator light confirms successful booting.

RCU Power-On

Step4：Actuator Status Check

A green Ethernet status light indicates that the upper and lower actuators are properly connected. After RCU booted successfully, there are two ways to power on the actuators:

  • Press the golden button on the left side briefly again to initiate the actuator.
  • Press Y+B at the same time on the remote controller.

After a 7-8 second wait, the actuator indicator lights should remain in a slow purple flashing state, indicating normal operation. A green Ethernet status light indicates that the upper and lower actuators are properly connected. Actuator Status Check

Note

  1. If the indicator lights do not illuminate, ensure that thered Emergency Stop Switch is disengaged.
  2. If the indicator lights turn red, press thegolden button on the left side briefly to shut down the RCU. Press the golden button again to restart the RCU.

Step5：NUC Power-On

Press the button on the right side to power up the NUC. Wait 6 to 7 seconds until the system is fully booted. NUC Power-On

📋Initialization

🛜Wi-FiConnection

Connect your computer to the router’s Wi-Fi: Name:PndAdamU Password: PND-Adam ☢️☢️☢️ Ensure the router is connected to the internet; otherwise, the demo will fail to start.

▶️Launch the demo

Step1: Ensure your computer is connected to router’s Wi-Fi. Name:PndAdamU Password: PND-Adam Connect to the NUC via SSH, Locate the robot’s IP address on the back of the remote controller. Use Secure Shell(SSH) protocol to connect to Adam. e.g. on a typical Linux environment, open terminal and input:

ssh pnd-humanoid@192.168.XX.XX

（The IP address is on the back of the Adam remote control.） Password：pndxyz

Step2:

Execute the command to access the robot's demo files directory:

cd /home/pnd-humanoid/Documents/adam_u_demo

Step3: Run the script in the terminal with the command:

sudo ./run.sh
  • Awaiting display: current state: STOP ！
  • Then, press the A button on the remote controller to initiate the zeroing process.
  • Then, press the X button on the remote controller to enter the ready state.

Note

After zeroing, verify if the zero position attitude is normal; if so, proceed; if not, recalibrate using a positioning pin.

🕹️Demo Instructions：

Step1: -While in the ready status, press the RB button on the remote controller to initiate a motion. Once a motion is completed, press the RB button again to perform the next motion.

Step2: - Exit program，execute in the terminal where the demo is launched： Ctrl+C

📴Shutdown Process

Step1:Power off the actuators There are two ways to power off the actuators:

  • Press the golden button on the left
  • Press LB+RB at the same time on the remote controller

The indicator light will go off after this operation.

Power off the actuators

Step2: Enter the following to power off the NUC in the terminal of your computer that connected Adam via SSH:

sudo poweroff

Poweroff

Step3: Press and hold the golden button on the left for more than 6 seconds until the power indicator light goes off, to put Adam to sleep mode.

sleep mode

🔋Battery Level Check

  1. Connect your computer or other terminals to the router. Make sure it is on the same network as Adam.
  2. Enter the robot's IP in the web browser: 192.168.XX.XX. Then you can see the Battery Level as follows:

Battery Level Check