Virtual Robot Content Organizer

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This page applies to 2017 onwards Tritium robots, for earlier Tritium robots please see Virtual Robot - Transferring Content, for IOServe based robots please see Virtual Robot - Transferring Content (IOServe)

The Virtual Robot Interface

Introduction

Virtual Robot provides a simple to use web based tool for content creation on EA robots like RoboThespian and SociBot.

Virtual Robot Content Organizer is used to arrange touch screen and Telepresence content, add button images and text labels; transfer new performances and synchronise updates to performances with your 2017 Tritium robot, even while the robot is switched off.

Accessing Content Organizer

Content organizer can be accessed from the Robot Management System:

Robot Management System

Serial number of robot - when robot is ONLINE this becomes a link. Click the link to open the robot's Tritium GUI
Status of robot - ONLINE / OFFLINE
Content organizer - click to open Virtual Robot Content Organizer
Tinman status - when robot has telepresence installed and is ONLINE, click here to access the Tinman Telepresence System

Content Organizer Overview

Content organizer is composed of 4 sections:

Content Organizer

Files: performances in your Virtual Robot account
Robot: performances already on your robot or ready to sync to your robot
Properties: edit the Properties of performances and manage their appearance on the
File transfers and log: this is where you can view the status of transfers


Files: Performances in Virtual Robot:

Files

Edit: open selected performance in Virtual Robot for editing. You can also double click a performance to edit it.
Delete: delete selected performance from Virtual Robot permanently
Transfer: transfers performance to the robot archive for use with web api etc.
Bulk Edit: edit properties of multiple performances in bulk
Duplicate: duplicate the selected folder
New Folder: create folders to organise content

  • slow click folder name to rename
  • double click folder to open

Performances are listed here, clicking here will change the order in which they appear
Last Saved: date or time (if today) performance was last saved


Robot: performances already on robot and ready to sync to robot

Robots

Edit: open selected performance in Virtual Robot for editing. You can also double click a performance to edit it.
Delete: delete selected performance from robot. Performance still exist in Virtual robot until deleted from Virtual Robot.
Sync: Will sync new or altered performances

  1. & # displays robots accessible from user
  • File transfer and Log


File transfer
  • File transfer (status pending)
Pending transfer
  1. Cancel transfer or clear when complete: to cancel or clear when complete, highlighted performances
  2. Status: of transferring performance or folder
  3. Last Activity: Time transfer began or ended
  4. File: Name of performance or folder being transferred
  5. Robot: Name and location of robot


complete transfer
  1. Status: completed transfer of performance or folder
  2. Clear when complete: performances and folders can be cleared from the list once completed


  • Accessing transfer log
Transfer Log
  • Transferring content to robot library (touchscreen kiosk)
  • Opening library folder
library folder
  1. Select the Robot you wish to transfer performance or folder to
  2. Click to open folder 'touchscreen_ui'
  3. Click to open folder language 'en_GB'
  4. Click to open folder'Library' (this folder contains library content in the order it appears on the touch screen kiosk)
  • Transferring content to robot library
Transfer to library
  1. Drag and drop selected performance or folder
  2. Dialog box indicates performance or folder is being dragged
  3. Green dotted line indicates which order performance or folder is being dragged to
  • Syncing performance or folder with robot
Transfer Log
  1. Transferred performance in library
  2. this symbol indicates you need to sync to robot for changes to take effect
  3. click here to sync for changes to take effect

Properties

Access the properties left side panel by clicking on the ">>" :

accessing properties

click on the arrows to open the properties slider

properties open

properties open

properties elements
  1. ID: unique ID number (can not be altered)
  2. Name:
  3. Label:
  4. Description:
  5. Icon:
  6. Limit Control:
  7. Exclusive:
  8. Loop:
  9. Robot Model: Robot model (can not be altered)
  • Different icons can be slected to appear in tinman (telepresance) or on the touch screen kisok
changing performance icons

To change icon click on the icon button

icon selection box

choose suitable icon from pre-existing list

  1. click on empty bar next to 'Icon' this will open Icons list
  2. Icons list
  3. click on chosen icon

note after making any changes in properties he robot will have to be 'synced'

Transfer content to real robot

Having created an animation and saved the file, it may be transferred to a real robot.

When the robot is connected to the internet it will download the animation and play it once to confirm.

Select "Transfer" in the drop down "File" Menu on the Menu Bar

  • Select "Transfer" from the drop down "File" Menu

Highlight the animation(s) you wish to transfer by clicking on them

  • Select animations to transfer

Click on the robot you wish to transfer the animation(s) to

  • Click on your robot

Click on "transfer" on the transfer window Menu Bar

  • Click on "Transfer"

You can close the window at any time after clicking transfer.

Reopen the "Transfer" window at any time to check progress.

After the animation transfers to the robot, a tick will appear in the File Transfer box to confirm transfer

  • Tick mark confirms transfer

Finding Your Sequences on the Robot

Files are transferred to the robot as Sequences under the Asset directory '/sequences/user/<username>/'. Which can be accessed through the Asset Manager's UI under Sequences > user > your username. But the details of this interface are out of the scope of this page. You can find more information here Tritium_GUI_Assets

Audio assets can be found in the same way. However the names of these assets can be unrecognisable, and you usually needn't worry about them.

Troubleshooting

If you experience issues transferring content or with Virtual Robot in general please see Virtual Robot Troubleshooting