Virtual Robot Content Organizer

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Virtual Robot > Transferring Content
This page applies to Tritium robots, for earlier 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.

This page shows you how to transfer content from Virtual Robot to any robot, even while the robot is switched off.

Accessing Content Organizer

  • Content organizer can be accessed from robots.engineeredarts
robots at engineered arts
  1. Serial number of robot (link to robot management)
  2. status of robot
  3. Content organizer (link to robot organizer)
  4. Tinman status (link to telepresance)
  • Content organizer can be separated into 4 sections
Content Organizer
  1. Files: this are files of performances that exist in Virtual Robot
  2. Robot: This section contains the files that exist on the Robot
  3. Properties: This is where you can edit the Properties of performance files from Virtual robot or on the robot (properties is an advanced funtion and can be found towards the bottom of this page or can be found here with link?)
  4. File transfers and log: this is where you can view the status of transfers


  • Performances that exist in Virtual Robot
Files
  1. Edit: opens selected performance in Virtual Robot for editing
  2. Delete: will delete selected performance from Virtual robot account (this change is permanent)
  3. Transfer: will transfer performance to the robot archive for use with web api etc.
  4. Bulk Edit: Bulk edit is an advanced function please see below
  5. Duplicate: this will duplicated the selected folder
  6. New Folder: this will create a new folder
  7. Performances are listed here, clicking here will change the order in which they appear


  • Performances that exist on the robot
Robots
  1. Edit: opens selected performance in Virtual Robot for editing
  2. Delete: Will delete selected performances from robot (performances will still exist in Virtual robot)
  3. Sync: Will sync new or altered performances
  4. & # displays robots accessible from user
File transfer
Pending transfer
complete transfer

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