Moorebot Scout User manual

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Scout
Security Home Robot
Owners Manual

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Index
Safety Instructions.............................................................................................................. 4
What’s in the box? ...............................................................................................................5
What can Scout do? ............................................................................................................ 6
Getting Started ..................................................................................................................... 7
Place the charging station ........................................................................................ 7
Charge the Battery ......................................................................................................8
Powering Scout On & Off .......................................................................................... 8
Reset................................................................................................................................. 8
Recovery ..........................................................................................................................9
Connecting Scout.........................................................................................................9
Download Scout App .......................................................................................... 9
Connect to Scout................................................................................................10
Scout App Illustrated........................................................................................................11
Overview of Scout App............................................................................................ 11
Sign up your Moorebot Account ........................................................................... 11
Connecting to Scout via Wi-Fi Direct ................................................................. 12
Connecting Scout to your Home Wi-Fi Network ............................................ 14
Over-The-Air (OTA) update .................................................................................... 14
Controlling Scout with live video ......................................................................... 15
Set up a Patrol ............................................................................................................ 17
Setup Detect for Motion, Human Body, Dogs, and Cats ............................ 18
Track and Follow a human or a pet .................................................................... 18
Scratch Programming ...............................................................................................19
Work with Alexa and Google ................................................................................. 20
Alexa Voice Commands................................................................................... 21
Google Home Voice Commands................................................................... 23
SiRi Voice Commands...................................................................................... 25
BIST (Built-In-Self-Test) ..........................................................................................26
Add-on tools .........................................................................................................................27
Contact us.............................................................................................................................27
Warranty................................................................................................................................27
Disposal of the Device ..................................................................................................... 27
FCC and IC regulations....................................................................................................28
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY......................................................................................... 29
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ............................................................................................ 30
Technical Specifications ................................................................................................... 31
Appendix I Custom Scratch API for Scout ............................................................... 33
1. System......................................................................................................................33

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2. Media......................................................................................................................... 34
3. Motion Control....................................................................................................... 34
4. AI Functions ............................................................................................................36

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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 manual, safe to use. Therefore,
always read the instructions in this manual 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. Age of 12+ is recommended.
Scout is for indoor usage only.
Keep this manual for future reference.
Use of other 2.4GHz and 5GHz products, such as other wireless
networks, Bluetooth systems, 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.
The unit’s outer surface may become hot during use.
Scout contains small parts that could become a choking hazard.
Charge the robot only with the charging station provided with your
device. Keep the exposed charging pins on the charging station
and the robot away from water and other conductive material.
Using an improper charging method or shorting the charging pins
may result in fire or explosion.
Always choose adapters with circuit breaker, fuse, or other short
circuit protection.
Do not disassemble, crush, open, puncture, shred the robot.
Do not use your robot near heat sources, food, chemicals, or in
strong sunlight.

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What’s in the box?
Scout Robot
Charging Station
Adhesive tape (x2)
Type-C USB cable
Quick Start Guide
Lubricant for Mecanum wheels
Important note:
Scout doesn’t provide a power adapter. It is recommended to use a USB 2.0 Type A adapter
with 5V and >2A output. Some fast chargers with Type C output are NOT suitable for
Scout.
Place the charging station in an area with good lighting conditions to the floor or wall with the
supplied adhesive tape. Not recommended to stick the charging station to painted wood
flooring. Scout’s Mecanum wheels and docking to the charging station are optimized for hard
floor. Scout will not operate well on Hi-Pile or Shag carpeting.
Don’t remove the sticker underneath the charging station. If the charging station is too low,
it may not have good contact to the charging pins on the bot.

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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.
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
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

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design new extension tools for Scout and add on to the extension
port. Explore the endless possibilities. For more details, please
refer to information on www.moorebot.com.
Getting Started
Place the charging station
Affix the charging station to the floor or against the wall using the
supplied adhesive tape.
To support patrol, it is important to make sure that the charging
station does NOT move around. If placing on carpeting it is
recommended to affix to the wall or baseboard using the adhesive
tape supplied.
It is also recommended to have at least 3 ft open space on each side
of the charging station, so that it is easier for the bot to navigate back
to its charging station with running into too many obstacles.
Plug the Type C USB cable into the charging station and into a 5V > 2A
USB adapter (not supplied).
Scout is capable of identifying its charging station within 6 ft range
and backing into it. Make sure that the charging station is placed
under good lighting conditions. During the night, Scout relies on its
own IR light source. The Battery Indicator reflects the charging
status.
Several tasks can only be performed when Scout is in the charging
station. These include software OTA (over-the-air) update, BIST
(built-in-self-test), the start of patrol, monitoring with motion detect,
and reboot.
Avoid heat sources or other battery-unfriendly conditions to place the
charging station.

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Charge the Battery
Place the rear of Scout in the Charging Station making sure it’s in
contact with the charging pins.
You will see 4 blue flashing LEDs on the top of Scout and hear a tone
confirming Scout has connected and is charging.
All 4 LED lights will remain lit when Scout is fully charged. This may
take up to 3 hours to complete.
Powering Scout On & Off
Press the “On & OFF” button for 2 seconds until the Power LED lights
up. The system boots up. The power up process could take up to one
minute. There is a sound alert when the system is fully on.
Press and hold the button for 3 seconds to turn it off.
When Scout is turned off and is placed in the charging station, the bot
automatically boots up.
Important note:
Features that require Scout to boot up, such as OTA (Over-the-Air) update are
better to have the bot in the charging station. Otherwise, users must manually
power up the bot again.
Reset
To reset the robot, long-press the “RESET” at the rear of the robot
for >8 seconds. The robot restores the factory condition and turns it
off. This resets the password and unbinds the robot from the previous
user account.

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Recovery
Recovery restores the factory settings including the operating
systems. Once recovery is performed, users need to OTA update the
firmware to the latest version again.
To perform recovery, press both “RESET” and the “POWER” buttons
simultaneously for >3 seconds. (Recommend to press the REST
button first.) The LED indicators blink for several minutes until the
robot shuts down. Manually power up the robot again. The LED
indicators blink for several minutes again. When the blink stops, the
recovery is complete.
Connecting Scout
What you need:
Smartphone or tablet with Android OS 6.0 and later or iOS 11.0
and later. The smartphone shall support the 5GHz band of the
Wi-Fi.
Wireless network (for Wi-Fi Router mode)
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.
Scout can be controlled using the IOS or Android App only not from a
PC or MAC.

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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 the factory,
the Wi-Fi on Scout is set to the Wi-Fi Direct Mode. Only after home
Wi-Fi router information is set, users can press the Wi-Fi button to
select between the Wi-Fi direct mode and the Wi-Fi router mode.
It is recommended to do a reset first before setting up the Wi-Fi
connection.
In the Wi-Fi Direct Mode, mobile phones 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. Follow the App, select your
home Wi-Fi router SSID, and enter the password. If the robot
connects to your home Wi-Fi router successfully, it produces a sound
alert and switches to the Wi-Fi router mode automatically, and goes
online. In this mode, the robot becomes an Internet-of-Things (IoT)
device and can be accessed from the internet via a secured
Peer-to-Peer connection. In the Wi-Fi router mode, when the Wi-Fi
LED indicator blinks, it indicates that the robot is not connected. When
the LED indicator stays on, it indicates that the robot is connected.
Press the “Wi-Fi mode select button” to change between the two Wi-Fi
modes.
Important note:
Scout is optimized to rely on the 5GHz band of the Wi-Fi. 5GHz has higher
bandwidth but it is more line-in-sight. 2.4GHz band may have better area
coverage. For iOS users, make sure the “Local Network” of the Scout App is
granted. Otherwise, the OS doesn’t allow Wi-Fi Direct connection. Some iPhones
need to disable mobile data, and put the phone in “Airplane” mode.