Getting Started Guide

This page gets you started with building/playing/coding with your Petoi robots

Hi, thanks for getting a Petoi robot.

If you have a construction kit, you can follow the following instructions to build it.

• Bittle

• Bittle X

  • If you have a Bittle X V2 kit(as indicated on the package barcode label)

    • pay attention to the BiBoard V1 servo wiring

    • select BiBoard V1 during the firmware upload process with Petoi Firmware Uploader

• Nybble

Note that the robot is suitable for working on smooth surfaces. When walking on a carpet, the movement may not be smooth.

After you’ve assembled a Petoi robot or have bought a pre-assembled version, the following steps are recommended:

1. Play with mobile app

   • Play with the default actions

   • Play with simple joint control

   • Add more commands to the controller panel

   • Play with group commands to make your robot perform multiple actions in sequence

2. Play with voice commands(for Bittle X or any robot with the voice command module)

   • If the robot doesn’t respond to your voice commands, please see the troubleshooting guide.

   • You can turn off the voice command functionality(for example: in a public space, or in a classroom setting requiring quiet periods) to avoid accidentally triggering voice responses and robot reactions.

3. Do some coding

   • Follow Petoi Coding Blocks curriculum to program some Petoi robotics moves

   • Visually design some new robotics skills with Petoi Skill Composer

   • Follow C++ curriculum to code some Petoi robotics moves in C++

   • For Bittle/Bittle X, you may 3D-print this stand to make your robot not run around while you program it.

4. Work on some quadruped robotics competition projects

Note that all the tutorials work on Bittle/Bittle X robot dogs and Nybble robot cat even though we use one particular robot pet as an example.

FAQ

Question: I am confused by the product packaging and unsure if you sent me the right robot.

Answer: We reuse the packaging for Bittle and BIttle X. If you order a Bittle but receive a package with “Bittle X” marking, or vice versa, you can check the text label with the barcode. That text identifies what’s inside the packaging.

Check other FAQs on our official website or those in the Petoi Doc Center.