Stand Up and Walk

Take control in the Cockpit, bring a supported robot from Damp to Walk, release its support, and bring it back down.

Every drive starts and ends here. The robot is always in one of three postures — Damp, Stand and Walk — and you move between them one step at a time. This page takes a supported robot to walking on its own, and back.

This moves a 35 kg robot

Keep the robot supported until it is in Walk, and support it again before you leave Walk. Clear the area, keep the robot in sight, and know your stops.

Before You Start

The firmware is running: Overview shows Drive Robot. If it doesn't, see Start the Robot.

The robot hangs from its gantry hook with both feet flat on a clear, level floor.

For your first sessions, lower Max speed well below its default — see Speed Limits.

Take Control

Open Cockpit from the sidebar, or select Drive Robot on Overview.

Select Take Control. The Cockpit asks: "Area clear? Check around the robot before it can move."

Check around the robot, then confirm. On a desktop, select Start Driving before its three-second countdown ends. On a phone, press and hold Start Driving for one second.

You now hold the robot's only drive session, and the posture controls unlock. Taking control sends nothing to the robot by itself.

Only one Cockpit can be open at a time. A second browser waits with "Waiting for the previous Cockpit session to release…" until the first one leaves the page. A gamepad paired to the robot drives only when nobody holds a session — see Gamepad.

The Three Postures

Posture	The Cockpit says	Support
Damp	"Releases all actuators instantly. The robot will fall unless it's seated on a bench or hanging from its gantry hook."	Required
Stand	"Actuators engage, the robot rises and balances on both feet."	Keep it on the gantry hook
Walk	"Accepts drive input — moves only when you drive it."	None, on a flat floor

On a desktop, select a posture on the Damp · Stand · Walk switch. On a phone, the posture pill opens the Robot posture sheet. You can't skip a step: on a desktop, asking to go straight from Damp to Walk, or back, opens a guide that takes you through Stand; on a phone the far step stays locked.

Stand Up

With the robot still on its gantry hook, select Stand. The actuators engage and the robot takes its standing pose.

Wait until the Cockpit shows the robot in Stand. Walk unlocks only once the robot reports it.

Start Walking

Select Walk (Start Driving on a phone). The robot balances in place and moves only when you drive it.

Slacken the gantry gradually until the robot carries its own weight.

Drive with the Cockpit controls or a gamepad.

Bring It Back Down

Never damp a free-standing robot — it falls.

Stop driving. Select PAUSE or press Space, somewhere level, with the robot not mid-stride.

Support it. Take up the gantry's slack so it holds the robot again.

Select Stand. On a phone, press and hold Hold to stand for one second.

Select Damp. Tick The robot is physically supported, then hold Hold 2s to damp.

On a desktop, selecting Damp straight from Walk opens a guide that takes you through Stand first.

End Your Session

On a desktop, select End Control. On a phone, leave the Cockpit — End Control isn't available there.

Ending your session stops the Cockpit sending commands. It doesn't change the robot's posture or stop the firmware, so bring the robot down before you leave. Then turn it off when you are done.