Status Indicators

Ridgeback has four configurable LEDs on the corners of the chassis. These lights are used to indicate the robot’s status.

Corner LEDs

The corner LEDs use the following patterns to indicate the robot’s status:

Front LEDs

Rear LEDs

Description

Solid white

Solid red

Normal operation.

Pulsing orange

Pulsing orange

Battery is low.

Flashing orange

Flashing orange

Fault.

Flashing red

Flashing red

E-Stop is engaged.

Solid red

Solid red

ROS is not running. Possibly because unable to contact MCU, or firmware malfunction, or initialization error.

While the robot is in the normal operation state the LED colors can be customized by publishing to the /cmd_lights topic. In any other state LED customization is disabled.