Sony ERS-7M3 - Manual (Page 56)

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The AIBO
®
Entertainment Robot charges on its own
(self-charge)
The AIBO robot can use the station marker and station pole to find its way back to the Energy
Station for charging.
For information on how to set up the station marker
and station pole, see page 34.
The AIBO robot charges on its own in the following
situations:
• The battery level is low.
• When you say “Go to the Station”.
• When you show the AIBO robot the AIBO card:
“Station (G)”
z Hint
If you touch the head sensor for more than 3 seconds while the AIBO robot searches for the station pole, it
will temporarily abandon the self-charge action.
Recommendations for positioning the Energy Station
•
The room should be bright. But keep the station pole and station marker out of excessively
bright light, like direct sunlight.
• Place it in a location where the room temperature is less than 95ºF (35ºC). Operating the
AIBO robot in a high-temperature environment may cause it to malfunction.
• Fluorescent lighting is recommended.
• Adjust lighting so that the AIBO robot’s shadow will not fall on the station marker.
• Make sure that there are no objects nearby with patterns similar to the station marker and
station pole.
• Make sure the walls and floor close to the station pole are relatively free of patterns (e.g.,
stripes).
• The walls and floor close to the station marker and station pole should be as plain as
possible.
• If the AIBO robot is more than 4 ft. (1.2 m) away from the station pole, it may have
difficulty finding the Energy Station.
• The AIBO robot first needs to locate the station pole to determine the orientation of the
Station. It then uses the station marker to determine the direction in which to reverse onto
the Energy Station.