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Overview

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Contents

Wiki Structure

The Allegro Dog Wiki is broken up into separate sections, or categories, to help in locating necessary information quickly and easily. Below you can see the top-level parent categories, the hierarchical structure and articles each category contains.


More Information: About this Wiki


Booting the Allegro Dog

Multiple steps must be taken to properly and safely boot up and run the Allegro Dog internal computer and hardware. The following instructions should be followed closely. If you need any help, please contact us.

Note Refer to the Control-I/O Panel diagram for switch, button and indicator locations.


  1. Elevate the Allegro Dog
  2. Supply Required Power (24VDC)
  3. Flip On Main Power Switch
  4. Turn Computer On
  5. Release Emergency Stop
  6. Turn Motor Controller Power On
  7. Establish Remote Connection
  8. Run the Included Software
  9. Find Encoder Offsets (Homing)
  10. Enable Motor Control
  11. Assume Ready Position
  12. Walk Around


Software

The Allegro Dog comes pre-installed with SimLab's RoboticsLab™ and the RealtimeRobotics™ realtime add-on. This allows you develop Allegro Dog controllers and test them on the system in hard real time.


To facilitate the productivity of robotics researchers and engineers, RoboticsLab™ aims at providing systematic support for the whole spectrum of development from prototyping to the robust control of hardware systems. Every aspect of our software and its use has been examined from the viewpoint of the robotics engineer, greatly reducing the need for specialized knowledge in the low-level details.

RealtimeRobotics™ is a RoboticsLab™ Premium Add-on which implements a commercial RTOS-based real-time control framework for RoboticsLab™.

More Information: Software, RoboticsLab, RealtimeRobotics, Allegro Dog VS Project

Hardware

The hardware section of the Allegro Dog wiki includes mechanical and electrical system information as well as assembly and maintenance information.

More Information: Hardware

Component Overview

The drawings contained in this section point out the high-level components of the Allegro Dog.

More Information: Component Overview

Kinematic Information

Joint Limits

Link and Joint Dimensions

Dynamic Information

Link Masses

Link COMs

Link Inertia

Joint Locking

Joints can be locked into a stable "kneeling" position for storage or shipping.

More Information: Joint Locking

Mechanical Drawings

Drawing_Isometric.pdf Drawing_Orthographic.pdf

Click here to see all Orthographic Drawings.

Computer Specs

Power

External Power Requirements

Power Management System

Available Outputs

Batteries

Specifications

Charging

CAN Communication

Maintenance