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Traditional: Two iPad’s and an R25 robot are utilized.
Web Companion: The facilitator or student uses a web browser in lieu of one of the iPad’s. See How-to Use the RoboKind Web Companion for details.
Group lessons: The teacher/therapist will use an iPad or web companion session, and the students will participate together using a shared robot and iPad tablet, with a representative of the group or the teacher pressing the buttons on behalf of the students.
Remote lessons: Remote lessons are possible where the student is at a remote location from the teacher or therapist; the RoboKind companion app (both iPad and web companion versions) support this process. it is expected that there would be a video conference of some fashion in progress (Zoom, Chime, WebEx, etc.) to communicate with the student during the session, and there would generally need to be an adult at the remote location to assist with the initial pairing process.
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Any iPad’s should be on iOS version 11.0 or later, and should have the 4.0 version of RoboKind Companion installed.
When opening the companion app on any iPad’s, the version in the lower right hand corner should read PROD 125 or later.
If teaching with a physical robot - The robot must be powered on, connected to the network, and be able to test the network successfully. How-To Test Robot Network Connectivity
Any robots should be on version 3.2.8 or later of the software. How-to check your robots software version
The teacher or therapist must have received an RK Central account and be able to log in to central.robokind.com and see their assigned classroom and students. Most organizations will have a point of contact for RoboKind services that coordinates classrooms, teachers, and students
Facilitator Device First Time Setup
These instructions apply to both iPad and web companion.
Open the newly installed RoboKind 4.0 application on the facilitator’s iPad, or use the web companion at companion.robokind.com.
Choose yes to allow camera access if prompted. (Camera access is used for mirroring in the emotional lessons, no video is saved or recorded).
Select Facilitator mode.
Log in with the same facilitator credentials used to log in at https://central.robokind.com.
If necessary, use the reset password link.
If prompted, create a 4 digit pin for your account.
The device should now be on the session setup screen.
Student Device First Time Setup
These instructions apply to both iPad and web companion.
Open the newly installed RoboKind 4.0 application on the facilitator’s iPad, or use the web companion at companion.robokind.com.
Choose yes to allow camera access if prompted. (Camera access is used for mirroring in the emotional lessons, no video is saved or recorded)
Select Student mode. No login is required.
If the tablet arrives on a wait screen, then skip to step 6.
If you are instead prompted for a pairing code on the student tablet, then continue:
Return to the facilitator tablet and click the Add Student Device button.
Assign a Nickname or alias for the student device (iPad or web companion instance), and click Generate Code.
Note that the Nickname or alias must be unique, so if you are pairing a tablet for a second time, you may need to add additional digits to the end of the device name, for example Classroom3a.
Important: The pairing codes must be utilized within 10 minutes.
On the student tablet, enter the 6 digit numeric code generated during the Facilitator setup and click Connect.
The student tablet should now be on the wait screen.
Note that the alias or nickname of the device will appear in the lower right hand corner of the student device wait screen.
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Ensure that all devices are powered on.
The student device should be on the WAIT screen. If you get prompted for a pairing code, then see the instructions at How-to pair student tablet to facilitator tablet.
The Facilitator device should be on the session setup screen.
The robot should be powered on (allow about 4 minutes for full readiness).
Starting a Lesson - Session SetupSetup
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The RoboKind lesson system has been designed to work even if tablets and robots are not on the same network or location, so it is necessary to select the devices when starting a lesson |
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Ensure that all devices are powered on.
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The Facilitator device should be on the session setup screen.
The robot should be powered on (allow about 4 minutes for full readiness).
On the right hand side, select the robot or Avatar. If you select the virtual avatar option, both the facilitator and the student will see a friendly virtual version of Milo teaching each lesson.
From the facilitator device, select the student device to connect to.
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RoboKind Central: Opens the central.robokind.com website in the iPad web browser. This is useful if you need to add or manage teachers, classrooms, and students.
Help Desk: A link to our support site with documentation and a “Contact Us” button at the bottom of the page.
Change Pin: For use in more easily signing into the app in the future.
Switch User: Provides several options, including switching a device to student mode, switching users (to select a different account to sign in with), Continue (which cancels the switch user screen), and Log Out.
Change Devices: Returns user to the session setup screen where a new student device, different robot, or the avatar option can be selected.
Log Out: Logs out the current user. This is highly recommended for use when a device or robot will be subsequently be used by a different teacher.
Sharing a robot
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with multiple teachers:
If a robot is being shared between multiple different teachers using different and devices, the first teacher must log out after they finish; otherwise the next teacher may be required to reboot the robot before it will appear as available for the next lesson.
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