Adept Lynx Platform - Manual (Page 10)

Adept Lynx Platform User's Guide, Rev B
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Chapter 1: Introduction
For most applications, you will want to customize the Lynx platform with a payload, attached
to the top of the platform, to hold, carry, or handle your parts, samples, or documents. Refer to
Payloads on page 39 for general information on designing a payload.
The Adept Lynx platform provides a variety of interfaces and power connections to support
your application-specific sensors and accessories, mounted on your payload. Refer to Con-
nectivity on page 47, for information on the available connectors on the Lynx platform.
Body and Drive
The Adept Lynx platform is relatively small, lightweight, and highly maneuverable. It has a
strong aluminum chassis and solid construction that makes it very durable. It is insulated
against water splashes and dust, with an IP rating of IP-44.
The platform is a two-wheel, differential-drive vehicle, with spring-loaded passive casters front
and rear, and independent drive-wheel spring-suspension for balance. Its solid, foam-filled
wheels are at the mid-line of the platform, so that the platform can turn in place.
What's Included - Basic Components
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One fully-assembled Lynx platform
The platform includes a safety scanning laser, front bumper with four sonar discs, and
four rear-facing sonar discs.
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One fully-charged battery
This is shipped separately from the platform, due to air shipping regulations.
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Lynx core, which includes an integrated computer, running Advanced Robotics Auto-
mation Management (ARAM™) and a microcontroller with MARCOS™ firmware. The
core is housed inside the Lynx platform. It also runs the SetNetGo™ OS.
ARAM and MARCOS firmware and the SetNetGo OS are pre-loaded on the platform.
A gyroscope is mounted on the Lynx core, and each drive wheel has an encoder and a
Hall sensor to complement the safety scanning laser.
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Operator Panel
This includes a screen, an E-Stop button, ON and OFF buttons, a brake-release button,
and a keyswitch, which can be locked, and key removed, in either position. This will
usually be mounted on the user-designed and -built payload.
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Automated docking station
Allows the platform to charge itself, without user intervention. This includes a wall-
mount bracket and a floor plate, for a choice of installation methods. See Installing the
Docking Station on page 29.
A manual charging cord is included, so you can charge the battery or a spare battery
outside of the platform.
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Joystick
Used for manually controlling the platform, mostly when making a scan to be used for
generating a map.
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User documentation