TRACK MODE / SCAN MODE / EXPLORE MODE / ALARM MODES
Track mode
Ever needed someone to “move that light here”? In Track mode, Roboboa searches for objects with his lights on full, then follows them as they move (like your hands while fixing a flat tire in the dark).
If your Roboboa finds nothing in view, then he will continue to look around with his lights on until he does find something to look at. He will do this for about 10 minutes before returning back to aware mode.
Scan mode
In Scan mode, Roboboa searches an entire room for something else to look at other than what he is currently staring at.
Function | Button combination | Description |
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Scan | Press and hold the | Your Roboboa scans the whole room |
| Track button for more | for nearby objects from left to right, |
| than 2 seconds | and takes an interest in what he |
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| finds. Useful for getting the robot to |
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| look elsewhere when he gets fixated |
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| on just one thing. If he sees nothing, |
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| then he shows his confusion. |
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Explore mode
Roboboa roves around to have a look around, genuinely curious about what you’re doing and where he lives. He’ll explore for about 10 minutes looking for near things (with a ping noise), and far things (with a bump noise).
When entering explore, the first thing he does is check twice if there is floor in front of him. If he sees nothing, he’ll refuse to wander for fear of hurting himself.
Before you put him in Explore mode ensure that he is on a smooth and flat floor surface clear of walls or obstacles.
Alarm modes
This section describes the alarm modes you can set on Roboboa from the remote controller. You can set Roboboa in one of three Alarm modes: Alarm Set, Daily alarm and Test alarm.
The following table describes the different functions of the Alarm modes:
Function | Button combination | Description |
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Alarm Set | Press the Alarm button | Roboboa will confirm each press of the |
function | for each hour you want | button with a ding noise. |
| to “timeshift” the alarm, | Press the Alarm button as many hours |
| that is, to set the alarm. | as you need to (up to about 16 hours), |
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| then wait for about 5 seconds and he’ll |
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| put himself to sleep. After the passing |
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| of hours equal to the number of “dings”, |
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| your Roboboa will wake up with a loud, |
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| compelling alarm. |
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Daily alarm | Press and hold the Alarm | Want your Roboboa to wake you up |
function | button for more than 2 | at the same time every day? Set the |
| seconds | timeshift alarm as above and press this |
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| button for four rapid pings. As long as |
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| he’s got power, he’ll wake up with an |
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| alarm at the same time every day (plus |
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| or minus a few minutes). |
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| If you have not set an alarm when you |
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| press Daily, then the robot will get |
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| confused. |
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Test alarm | Hold MODE then press | See and hear your Roboboa’s waking |
function | the Alarm button for | alarm. |
| more than 2 seconds |
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