Elenco Robotics - Manual (Page 9)

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Trouble Shooting
If your Robot does not move, check if you have inserted the batteries correctly.
Make sure the batteries are new.
Make sure your switch is on.
Check if you need to adjust the trimmer.
Check if all the connections are correct and that the wires have not moved.
Check if the motor is pushed all the way down and that the gears are "meshed"
Check if there is nothing disturbing the wheels from moving.
“When people interact with a young child, they have a lot of prosody in their voice,
exaggerate their facial expressions, slow down their gestures, all to make it easy for
the child to understand them, “ Breazeal said. “If we are willing to do this for infants
and even pets, there’s no reason why we would not do the same for robots that have
emotional appeal.”
As researchers plug away, trying to breathe human characteristics into circuits and
metal, they parade the best of the humanoid robots before museum visitors and
television cameras. Asimo, a robot made by Honda Motor Co. that resembles
anastronaut and can walk up and down stairs, does a little work as well. At the
automaker’s Tokyo headquarters, Asimo sometimes guides visitors to a conference
room.
“People really enjoy this,” a company representative said. “The only problem is that
when Asimo leaves the room, the guests want to follow it to see what it’s going to do
next.”
(With compliments to the New York Times)