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Getting Started with the Spot Tablet Interface

This Wiki covers how to get started operating the Spot with the wireless tablet interface, and how to become an authorized user to be allowed to do so on your own. This wiki will direct you to official Spot documentation, which applies to any Spot robot, and to policies which are specific to operating our Spot in the lab. You are expected to be familiar with both before operating the Spot.

Becoming an Authorized Operator

As an Authorized Operator, you will be responsible for knowledge pertaining to the robot, and for ensuring the safety of yourself, bystanders, office space, and the robot itself. Spot operation is to be taken seriously as Spot has the potential to cause harm to people or objects. You must NOT operate Spot unless you have completed the necessary training.

Becoming an Authorized Operator involves 3 steps:

1. Read Authorized Operator Training page and resources linked therein.
2. Read Lab Policy for Operating Spot.
3. Practice operating the Spot in the presence of an Authorized Operator.
4. Have an authorized operator user sign off that you have completed the training, and add your name to the list on the clipboard next to the Spot.