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EZ Robot: General Guide

Download ARC

Download ARC for windows which is available by clicking here.

Workstation

When first opening the app, the screen will display recent workstations as well as the pre-set stations by EZ Robots. Click the EZ-Robot tab. There will be bare stations with basic movement and camera controls and stations with few other controls.

Clicking on the Robot station will open the station in the workspace.

 

File Tab

The File Tab:

  • Used to open, close, and save projects/stations
  • Opens the full screen interface (remote controller), roboscratch, blockly, and other workspaces created. Multiple workspaces can be created and removed.
  • The skills/control modules are on the Workspace 1.

 

Project Tab

The Project Tab:

  •  Add: To add skills/controls for the robot.
    • There are many skills/controls available, when they are selected, they will show up in the Workspace 1 screen. Some of the skills must be downloaded, they will have the symbol   next to them and will require internet to do so.
    • The skill modules can be configured by clicking the three dots on the top right of the box, more information can be learned about the skill by clicking ? on the top right of the box.
  • Create: To create new skills.
  • Instructions: Goes through a step by step assembly the robot.
  • Design: View the robot in different perspectives.  

 

Options Tab

The Options Tab:

  • Change accounts and system preferences
  • Sync twitter and nest account

 

Workspace Tab

The Workspace Tab:

  • Organize the workspace
  • Hide and show controls

 

Coding

RoboScratch, Blockly, and EZ-Script are used to run code for the robots.

 

  • RoboScratch and Blockly

The RoboScratch and Blockly tabs can be opened in the file tab. They both have commands available in blocks, with blockly having a few more codes than roboscratch. The block of codes added will appear in Javascript by clicking the Javascript tab, they are only viewable and not editable in Javascript. The codes can be saved or loaded by clicking save workspace or load workspace, and they can be ran by clicking start.

 

 

  • EZ – Script

Add the script control by clicking Project tab > Add > Scripting > Script control. The script control will be added on to workspace. Press … on the script control, will open the script panel. This can be used to run Java Script, EZ Script, and python. A cheat sheet and variables for the coding languages are accessible on the tabs on the right. The code can be saved by clicking save and they can be ran by clicking run.