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ActivMedia Robotics 

This chapter describes how to quickly set up and operate your new ActivMedia robot 

with the ARIA demonstration software.  For more details about programming and 
operating your ActivMedia mobile robot with ARIA, Saphira, or other client software, see 

their respective programming manuals. 

Your  ActivMedia robot comes fully assembled and ready for out-of-the-box operation.  
However,  you  may  need  to  attach  some  accessories that were shipped separately for 

safety.  The procedures we describe herein are for control of the basic robot. 

If you have the onboard PC option, we recommend that you leave it off and perform 

the following tests first with a laptop or desktop computer tethered to the robot’s serial 

port on the User Control Panel, then attack the many networking issues before you 
establish a remote-control connection with the onboard PC.  

The ARIA client software-development environment, including the ARIA demonstration 

program and robot simulator, come on CD-ROM with your new robot.   They also come  
installed in your robot’s onboard PC, if you purchased this option.  

ActivMedia Robotics customers also may obtain ARIA and related software and updates 

from our support website: 

When installed, ARIA typically requires ten or more megabytes of hard-disk space. 

 The Windows version of ARIA is a self-extracting InstallShield® archive.  Simply double-
click its .exe  icon and follow the extraction program’s instructions.  Normally, ARIA is put 
into a directory named C:\Program Files\ActivMedia Robotics\ARIA.  The 
demonstration program and simulator get put into the bin\ subdirectory.  For 

convenience, you may access all these from the Start Menu’s Programs option.   The 

demonstration program’s source code and MSVC++ project and workspace files are in 
the examples\ subdirectory. 

Linux users must have superuser (root) permissions in order to install ARIA.  It comes as 

an RPM installation archive: 

and gets installed in /usr/local/Aria.  The ARIA demonstration program and simulator 
get put into the bin/ subdirectory.  The demonstration sources and makefile are in the 
examples/ subdirectory. 

Linux users should also be sure they have permission to read/write through their PC’s serial 
port that connects with the robot.  The default is /dev/ttyS0.   ARIA is a terminal 

application that does not include a GUI, so its programs do not require X-Windows. 

CAREFUL 

Slide the batteries into the robot TERMINALS LAST. 

Otherwise, you will damage the robot. 

 

 

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