Kiosk

In the top-right corner of the title-bar, the battery-icon is shown. Tap this icon to display the menu showing the option Go to charging station and the current battery-level in percentages.

Tap the option 'Go to charging station' to dock the robot with the nearest charging station. ⁽¹⁾

The following item-types can be configured for James:

Tap the option Adjust volume to display the following popup:

This popup allows the following operations:

Tap the option Select data source to display a list of datasets for the kiosk available on the robot.

Tap on an available dataset to apply it immediately.

⁽¹⁾: The color-scheme used by the dataset will be applied immediately. The content of the dataset will only be shown once the main kiosk-screen is shown again.

Tapping the option Wifi in the General settings shows the following page:

with the following sections:

⁽¹⁾: The name of the currently connected network will be shown at the top of this section
⁽²⁾: Only the password for the hotspot can be changed.

Tap the option Link robot to account to show the connection-page again.

Tap the option Managed linked account to display a list of accounts registered on the Cloud-based system that are allowed to use this robot.

Unlinking an account

Tap the remove-button () next to a registered user to disallow the user from accessing the robot.

Tap the option Yes in the confirmation modal to complete the unlinking of the selected account.

Return to the settings

Tap the back-button () to return to the settings.

Tap the field 'Robot name' to display a modal asking for the name of the robot:

Enter a new name and tap the option 'Confirm' to apply the new name or tap the icon to discard the changes.

Tap the option Show all installed apps in the list of Feature settings to show or hide a folder in the kiosk with all the installed applications in the main Kiosk-screen (regardless of the selected dataset).

Tap the option Show saved compositions in the list of Feature settings to show or hide a folder in the kiosk with all the compositions stored on James.

Tap the option Show saved locations in the list of Feature settings to show or hide a folder in the kiosk with all the POIs for the currently loaded map.

Tap the optin Show subtitle overlay in the list of Feature settings to show or hide the voice-overlay when the robot is talking.

Tap the option 'Show charging screen' in the list of Feature settings to show or hide the screensaver every time James is booted.

Tap the option Enable volume controls to toggle the display of the volume control in the home screen of the kiosk, allowing the end-user to change the volume in the kiosk.

Tap the option Enable inactivity actions to toggle whether or not the robot should do something when no input has been detected a set period of time.

Tap the option Time until inactive to edit how long the robot should stay idle before the action will start. (From 1 - 60 minutes)

Scroll up or down to select a new value from the available options or tap and hold the timer-value to manually enter the number of minutes.

Tap Confirm to apply the new setting.

Tap the option Wake robot with to configure when the robot will stop with the set inactivity-action.

Tap Confirm to apply the new setting.

⁽¹⁾: If the option Spoken commands is enabled in the Advanced settings.

To define an action, the following steps are required:

⁽¹⁾: This option will only be shown if the action can be further configured. For example, the option Go to screensaver doesn’t have additional options.

Toggle the option 'Stop item when robot is woken up' to stop the item immediately when the robot is woken up. Actions with an -button need to be tapped there to be stopped.

For example: Toggle this option 'ON' when playing a composition in infinite loop without the option 'Can be stopped' enabled.

Toggle the option Respect quiet hours on to disable the inactivity during the quiet hours.

Tap the option Restart kiosk to re-launch the kiosk and apply certain updates or setting-changes immediately (e.g. changing display-language).

Tap the option Restart robot software to restart the RAIL app on the robot.

The module launcher software is responsible for the communication between the Android-OS, the SLAM-system on the robot and the OS of the robot-system provided by the supplier (amongst others).

Tap the option Open Android settings to open the settings for the Android-system. This will open the settings for the Android-system for the robot.

Tap the option Restart speech software to restart the speech-engine IF the robot should no longer speak or listen to voice-commands.

Tap the option Go to charging station when battery level drops below to display a modal to the battery level at which the robot will move to the default charging station.

Move the slider to a new value and tap the button 'Confirm' to update the setting.

Tap the option Reset robot setup to re-run the Initial setup.

If there is a room with a lot of echo, or if there is limited space for manoeuvring, the option that has James turn to the origin of the sound of the hotword can be turned off.

Tap the option Spoken commands to make the robot start/stop listening to the wake-word (and thereby voice-commands) ⁽¹⁾.

⁽¹⁾: If this option is ON, James will not listen to voice-commands while the robot is turning. Only once the robot is facing the user will the robot start listening for possible voice-commands.

Tap the option Rotate the robot when hotword is recognize to start/stop the robot turning to the user if the wakeword has been recognized.

Tap the option Remote broker on to allow user(s) remote access using the Cloud-storage system.

Tap the option Phonemes to toggle sending additional information to a facial app to make the mouth of the avatar move as James is speaking.

Tap the option Upload ADB logs to toggle uploading logs to our cloud-based error-logging system.

Tap the option VoIP / SIP enabled to enable or disable the Call for help function on James.

Tap the option Call type to select the type of call to make (primarily based on the current settings).

Enter the credentials - provided by a support call center (e.g. Verklizan) or by an VoIP service provider (e.g. voipcheap.com) - in the required fields.

Tap the option Error messages in the VoIP settings page to display a list of error(s) during the VoIP call(s).

Tap the option Change kiosk settings password to create a new PIN-code if there is none set.

Agree to the security disclaimer and tap the OK-button to continue with setting a PIN-code.

Use the following sequence to create the PIN-code for the kiosk:

Tap the option Change kiosk settings password to change the current PIN-code.

Use the following sequence to change the PIN code for the kiosk:

Tap the option Remove settings password to remove the PIN-code.

Tap the option Lock kiosk settings to toggle the locked state of the settings in the kiosk.

If this option is ON, the PIN-code must be entered before the settings can be opened. Otherwise, the settings can be altered without entering a PIN-code.

Tap the option Select kiosk language to change the language in which the kiosk is displayed.

Tap one of the available languages in the list to change the display of the kiosk.

Tap the option Select speech language to change the language James speaks and listens to.

Tap one of the available languages in the list to change the language of the speech-engine of James.

Tap the option Quiet Hours to specify when James should be silent.

On this page the user can:

Tap the option NTP server to select one of the official NTP servers to set the date/time on the robot automatically if the robot is connected to the internet.

Tap the most accessible NTP server to sync the time on the robot with the globally set time.

Tap the option Open App Store to open the default app store. ⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾: Currently, the only app store available for James is the Uptodown App Store.

Tap the option Stop speech services for specific applications in the Apps-page to display a list of the installed apps.

Tap the checkbox next to the app to select when James shouldn’t listen to voice commands.

Tap the download-button ( ) next to the option Start manual software update to update the current software to the latest version.

This option is currently in development and only shows the system default(s) for the languages.

Tap the download-button () to download an additional language for the robot to listen to.

Tap the clear-button () to delete the language.

This option is currently in development and only shows the system default(s) for the languages.

Tap the download-button () to download an additional language for the robot to speak.

Tap the clear-button () to delete the language.

Tap the field Pinned application to show a list of installed apps that can be used to pin.

Tap an app in the list to set the app to start every time the 'home screen' is shown. Tap the icon to close the modal without applying the changes.

Tap the option 'Pinned composition' to show a list of compositions saved on the robot.

Tap a composition in the list to start the composition every time the 'home screen' is shown. Tap the icon to close the modal without applying the changes.

Toggle the option Allow running scheduled compositions in parallel to enable or disable running compositions when another app or composition is already playing.

Tap the field Start pinning to start playing the pinned app and/or composition.

Tap the home-button () on the tablet to display a lock-icon () in the top-right corner of the screen.

Tap the -icon to display the default kiosk-screen again.