Moorebot Scout User manual

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Product Name:Scout
Model:SC3100
Manufacture:Dong Guan City Hang Seng Digital Product Co., Ltd.
Brand:Moorebot

1. Safety Instructions
READ AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS. This
product is fully compliant with all relevant
electromagnetic field standards, and is when
handled as described in this Guide, safe to use.
Therefore, always read the instructions in this
Guide carefully before using the device, and save
it for later use.
Scout is not a toy. Do not allow children to play with
it without parental care.
Keep this Guide for future reference.
Use of other 2.4GHz and 5GHz products, such as
other wireless networks, or microwave ovens may
cause interference with this product. Keep Scout
away from these types of products, or turn them off
if they appear to be causing interference.
Always ensure that you have a good Wi-Fi connection
available.

2. What’s in the box?
Scout Robot
Charging Station (recommend to tape to ground)
Type-C USB cable
Quick Start Guide
Lubricant for Mecanum wheels
Important note:
Scout doesn’t provide power adaptor in the package. It is
recommended to use USB adaptor with 5V and >2A output.
Not recommended to stick the charging station to wood floor
with paint.
3. What can Scout do?
Monitoring. Scout is a smart robot with an FHD
camera on wheels. Once connected, the App can
control Scout move around. Night vision is supported.
Scout by default recognizes many objects including
human bodies and pets. Scout is IP65 waterproof. It
works in the outdoor environment.
Record videos and take pictures on demand.
Use the “Moorebot Scout” App or send commands

from Amazon Alexa or Google Home, videos and
pictures can be recorded. Cloud service is also
available.
Patrol. Scout is capable of patrolling the house on its
own. Set up the patrol path in the App as well as the
triggers such as the timer, sound, sensors from the
smart home system, etc. During the autonomous
patrols, Scout can avoid obstacles on the way,
calculate its path and go back to its Charging Station
once done. Scout may have difficulties navigating in
a narrow and/or crowded environment with many
obstacles.
Programming and add-on tools. Scratch
language is supported in the App. Learning
programming becomes easy. Users can also design
new extension tools for Scout and add on to the
extension port. Explore the endless possibilities. For
more details, please refer to information

4. Product Overview
5. Place the Charging Station
Scout is charged by its own Charging Station. Place the
Charging Station against the wall using the adhesive
tape. To support autonomous patrol, it is important to
make sure that the charging station does NOT move
around. Provide power via USB port. Scout is capable of
identifying its Charging Station and backing into it. The
Battery Indicator will reflect the charging status.
Several tasks can only be performed when Scout is in

the charging station, including software OTA (over-
the-air) update, monitoring with motion detect, and
reboot.
Avoid heat sources or other battery-unfriendly
conditions to place the Charging Station.
6. Powering Scout On & Off
Press the “On & OFF” button for 2 seconds. The system
will power up and the Power LED will turn on. Press and
hold the button for 3 seconds to turn it off.
7. Reset to Factory Condition
To reset the robot, long press the “RESET” hole at the
rear of the robot. It will restore the factory condition
and unbind the robot from previous user account.
8. Connecting Scout
What you need:

Smartphone or tablet with Android OS 6.0 and later
or iOS 11.0 and later
Wireless network (for Wi-Fi Router mode)
8.1 Download Scout App
For Android devices
Go to Google Play Store, search for “Moorebot Scout”,
then download and install the App on your Android
device.
For iOS devices
Go to App Store, search for “Moorebot Scout”, then
download and install the App on your iOS device.
8.2 Connect to Scout
There are two ways that a mobile phone can connect to
Scout, Wi-Fi Direct Mode (or AP mode) and Wi-Fi Router
Mode. Out of factory, the Wi-Fi on Scout is set to the
Wi-Fi Direct Mode. The LED indicator shall reflect that
status. When the LED indicator blinks, it indicates that
the robot is not connected. When the LED indicator
stays on, it indicates that the robot is connected.

In the Wi-Fi Direct Mode, mobile phones can link to
Scout directly. Users can see in the mobile phone a
Wi-Fi named “robot_scout_XXXXXX”. Follow the App
and use the default password (e.g. “r0123456”) to
connect. Once connected to Scout, users shall control
the robot and view the video. The second mode is Wi-Fi
Router mode. In this mode, the robot connects to the
home Wi-Fi router as an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device
and can be accessed from the internet via a secured
Peer-to-Peer connection. Simply press the “Wi-Fi mode
select button” to change to this mode. The home Wi-Fi
SSID and Password need to be provided to Scout in
Wi-Fi Direct Mode. Then Switch to Wi-Fi Router mode to
go online. Just follow the App.
9. Get started with Scout
9.1 Overview of Scout App
Moorebot Scout App allows users to connect the
robot to mobile phones either directly or through the
internet. Users can control the robot’s movement and
view its video with different resolutions (e.g.
720P/1080P). Scout, when it is in its charging station,

can become an IP camera or monitor. It supports
motion detect, and many other standard IP cameras
features.
Patrol path can be set up for Scout to autonomously
conduct patrol with different triggers, such as the timer,
voice control through Alexa or Google Home, even
sensors in your smart home system. Scout can
generate a report and send a notice after each patrol. If
human bodies or pets are detected, a 13-second video
clip can be uploaded to the cloud server. The cloud
server can be disabled on the setup page.
Moorebot Scout App also supports Scratch
Programming. Users can program and control the robot
with this graphical programming interface.
9.1.1 Register and Set up Wi-Fi
Users need to register an account with correct email.
Depending on your email security setting, sometimes
the confirmation email may go to your spam folder.

Once registered, the next step is to set up Wi-Fi.
Turn on the robot. After it powers up, the Wi-Fi
shall stay in the “Wi-Fi Direct” Mode, which is the
out-of-factory condition. Use this App to scan Wi-Fi.
There should be Wi-Fi with the SSID name
“robot_scout_XXXXXX”. This is Scout. Connect to it
with default password “r0123456789”. You can play
with the robot already. If you want to set up the robot
as an IoT device, follow the App, select or type in
your home Wi-Fi SSID and provide the password.
This must be done in the “WiFi Direct” mode when
the mobile phone connects to Scout. If successful,

the robot can switch to the “Wi-Fi Router” mode
automatically and connects to the internet. You can
control the robot and view the video from worldwide
in “Wi-Fi Router” mode.
9.1.2 Live video with movement control
The main control panel is shown below. The
controller is overlaid with the camera view from Scout.

The following table illustrates the icons in the App.
Icon
Functions or Status
Status showing Scout is Wi-Fi direct
mode, where Scout connects to the
mobile phone directly. Green indicates
that the mobile phone is connected
with Scout. Red indicates unconnected.
Status showing Scout is Wi-Fi router
mode, where Scout connects to home
Wi-Fi router and goes online. Green
indicates that the mobile phone is
connected with Scout. Red indicates
unconnected.

Indicate that the robot is in the
charging station. Press to get out of the
charging station. Only when the robot
is outside the charging station, it can
be controlled to move around. User
must press this button to release
the robot first.
Indicate that the robot is outside the
charging station. Press to return to the
charging station autonomously.
Set up patrol path. Users control Scout
to navigate. A path is drawn. When
Scout returns to its charging station, it
saves the path and follows path for
future patrol.
Setup motion detect. Motion detect
only works when Scout is in the
charging station.
Take a photo and store in local
memory.
Record video clip and store in local
memory.

9.1.3 Set up patrol
Multiple patrol paths can be set up with different
names. To set up the patrol path, users must tap the
“path” symbol in the App and manually control the robot
to create the desired path. The patrol path setup must
start with Scout in its charging station. The charging
station is coordinates (0,0). When Scout goes back to
its charging station whether autonomously or guided by
users, the patrol path will be saved. Scout will
remember it, follow the path to patrol whenever needed
and go back to its charging station once the job is
complete. The video of each patrol can be stored locally
onto the flash memory inside Scout. When enabled in
the setup and human bodies and/or pets are detected,
Scout would upload 13-second video clips to the cloud
server.
Once the patrol path is set, users can trigger patrol
using timer, triggering events in smart home system
(e.g. door sensor), and Alexa/Google Home/Siri voice.
Enable and Disable speaker.

9.1.4 Scratch Programming
The following is the UI for Scratch Programming. Try
it out. It is quite fun.
9.1.5 Work with Alexa and Google
Scout is a “work with Alexa and Google Home” device.

Users can pair the robot with Alexa and/or Google Home
account. Video can be streamed to Echo Show or other
screen devices. Voice commands can control the
movement of the robot.
Alexa Voice Commands
The following table contains the voice commands to
control the robot.
Skills
Launch
Phrase
Description
1
Video skill
“Alexa, show
my camera.”
Stream video to Echo
Show and Spot.
Camera name can be

customized.
2
Start patrol
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to start
patrol.”
Voice command to start
autonomous patrol.
Only default patrol path
can be activated by
voice.
3
Stop patrol
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to stop
patrol.”
Voice command to stop
autonomous patrol.
Scout is expected to go
back to its charging
station autonomously.
4
Leave the
charging
station
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to leave the
charging
station.”
Scout will come out of
its charging station.
5
Return to
the
charging
station
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to return to
the charging
station.”
Scout will go back to its
charging station, if it
can identify a right
path.
6
Start
“Alexa, ask
Start video recording

recording
robot Scout
to start
recording.”
and store in local
on-board flash.
7
Stop
recording
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to stop
recording.”
Stop video recording.
8
Take photo
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to take a
photo.”
Take a photo and store
in local on-board flash.
9
Turn left
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to turn left.”
Make Scout turn left.
10
Turn right
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to turn
right.”
Make Scout turn right.
11
Move to the
left
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to move to
the left by
Move to the left. XYZ is
a number. The default is
1inch.

XYZ
inch(es).”
12
Move to the
right
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to move to
the right by
XYZ
inch(es).”
Move to the right. XYZ
is a number. The default
is 1inch.
13
Move
forward
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to move
forward by
XYZ
inch(es).”
Make Scout move
forward. XYZ is a
number. The default is 1
inch.
14
Move
backward
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to move
backward by
XYZ
inch(es).”
Make Scout move
backward. XYZ is a
number. The default is 1
inch.
15
Clockwise
rotate
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
Make Scout rotate
clockwise. XYZ is a

to rotate
clockwise by
XYZ
degree(s).”
number. The default is
45 degrees.
16
Counter-clo
ckwise
rotate
“Alexa, ask
robot Scout
to rotate
counter
clockwise by
XYZ
degree(s).”
Make Scout rotate
counter clockwise. XYZ
is a number. The default
is 45 degrees.
Google Home Voice Commands
Google Home voice commands are the same as above,
only with the wake word “Hey Google” or “OK Google”.
For example, “Hey Google, ask robot Scout to start
patrol.”
10. Add-on tools
Scout is also a robotic development platform. A UART
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