Transporter

Assembly Instructions

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Components
Studuino Unit

USB Cable

Battery Box

ｘ1
DC Motor

ｘ1
Reﬂective Infrared Sensor
IR Photoreﬂector

Touch Sensor

ｘ1

ｘ2ｘ4
Half D (aqua)

O-ring

ｘ2

ｘ2

ｘ19

Wheelｘ2

ｘ3ｘ4

ｘ8

HubSensor Connecting Cable(three-wire 15 cm)

Triangle A (gray)

Half C (light aqua)

Half B (blue)

Half A (light gray)Rotor Axis C

Basic Cube (white)

Touch Sensor

ｘ2ｘ2

ｘ1

Diskｘ2ｘ2ｘ2

Assembly Instruction Labels

Transporterｘ1
Shows the parts neededfor assembly. Indicatesthe number of partsneeded for assembly.

Assembling the Motor

ｘ2

ｘ2

ｘ2

ｘ2

M1

Shows an image of thecompletely assembled
item.

M2

① Connect the assembled DC Motor to M2.

M2

M2

Indicates when thedirection of acomponent must bechanged for assembly.

Make sure the cables areinserted correctly!

Slip the O-ring onto the grooves of the wheel.
05

Indicates tips or warnings
when building a speciﬁc
item.
02

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Body Assembly (bottom)

ｘ1ｘ4ｘ4ｘ2①

Make sure the Studuino unit isin the correct orientation!

②03

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Completed Body (bottom)

04

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Assembling the Motor

ｘ2

ｘ2

ｘ2

ｘ2

M1

M2

① Connect the assembled DC Motor to M2.

M2

M2

Make sure the cables areinserted correctly!

Slip the O-ring onto the grooves of the wheel.
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Transporter② Connect the assembled DC Motor to M1.
M1

Make sure the cables areinserted correctly!

M1

Slip the O-ring onto the grooves of the wheel.

Completed Motor

M2
M1
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Body Assembly (front)
ｘ1

ｘ1ｘ2ｘ3ｘ2ｘ2ｘ7ｘ1①07

Transporter② Connect the touch sensor to A4.

Sensor Connecting Cable
Sensor side

Circuit board side

TouchSensor

A4
Black
Gray

Make sure the cables
are inserted correctly!

Make sure the cables areinserted correctly!

③ Connect the reﬂective infrared sensor (IR Photoreﬂector) to A2.
BlackGray

IR Photoreﬂector

Make sure blocks areinserted correctly!

A2

Make sure the cables areinserted correctly!
08Transporter④ Connect the reﬂective infrared sensor (IR Photoreﬂector) to A3.

BlackGray

IR Photoreﬂector

A3
Make sure blocks areinserted correctly!

⑤

Make sure the cables areinserted correctly!

⑥

You should see thebattery box switch here.

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Transporter⑦ Connect the cable from the battery
box to the POWER section.

POWER
Make sure the cables are inserted correctly!

⑧

Completed Body (front)
Make sure the sensor
cables are on the sidesof the car body.

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Assembling the Head and Arms
ｘ4

①ｘ2

ｘ2

ｘ8

ｘ1

ｘ2

ｘ2

Attach ﬁrst.

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Rotor axis stud should be
inserted into the side.

Make sure blocks areinserted correctly!

③
Rotor axis stud should beinserted into the side.

Make sure blocks areinserted correctly!
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Left Side

Half B (blue)
Half C (light aqua)Touch sensor

Do not insert the Half B (blue) studs into Half C (light aqua).
Push the Half B (blue) block down with your ﬁnger, asillustrated, so that it is pushing down on Half C (light aqua).
Half C (light aqua) should be inserted into the touch sensor.

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Replacing the Batteries

①

②

③

④

⑤

Use a screwdriver(Phillips #1) to open.

Insert batteries in thecorrect polarity.
Put the lid of the battery
box back in place.
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Be cautious of cables that could become entangled in the moving parts of themotor and cause the robot to disconnect. Arrange cables with caution.
Before operating your robot, check the assemby instructions again to conﬁrm
your robot has been assembled correctly.

Front

Left

Rear

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Making Your Transporter Run

Install the software from the URL below to setup
the Studuino Programming Environment.
★ Proceed to Step 1 when software installation is complete.

http://www.artec-kk.co.jp/studuino/①②Connect the USB cable to the PC and the Studuino unit.

Refer to 1.3. About Studuino in Studuino Programming Environment Manual for more details.

Download the program ﬁle Transporter.ipd from the URL
below in the ArtecRobo section.

http://www.artec-kk.co.jp/artecrobo/③④⑤

Open the downloaded ﬁle.

Transfer the program tothe Studuino unit by clicking
the Transfer button.

Remove the USB cable from the Studuino unit.

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Making Your Transporter Run⑥ On the last page of the instructions there is an A4 size printout of a run course foryour robot.

If you cannot print out the course, you can draw your own. Draw the lines of therun course using a thick, black marker and white paper.
The thickness of the lines should be between 5 mm and 10 mm.
Your robot cannot make sharp turns.

⑦ Place the robot onto the course where the left and right reﬂective infrared sensor
can detect the course line.

⑧ Turn the switch on the battery box to ON.
⑨ When the touch sensor is on, the robot will detect objects placed in its arms andrun along the track.

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Sensor Calibration
Some sensors may not function properly after you run the program for the ﬁrst time.
If the sensors are malfunctioning, calibrate the sensor settings.

Click the sensor icon in thebox and you can adjust
the range settings in thecondition box below.
Drag the mouse left or
right to adjust the range
settings.
Refer to the Condition Icon sections in 4.4. The Attribute Field of the Studuino
Programming Environment Manual for more details.

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