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Emphasis and marks

Plain, italic, bold, both, inline code, highlighted, inserted, deleted, H2O and x2 (subscript, superscript), a link with a tooltip.

Plain, *italic*, **bold**, ***both***, `inline code`, ==highlighted==, ^^inserted^^, ~~deleted~~,
H~2~O and x^2^ (subscript, superscript), a [link with a tooltip](https://source-robotics.com "Opens the website").

Critic marks (reviewing text)

The payload limit is 0.75 kg0.4 kg. The wrist strugglesvibrates with 0.5 kg held sideways. Measured on 2026-10-18.Confirm after the J4/J5 retune.

The payload limit is 0.75 kg0.4 kg. The wrist strugglesvibrates with 0.5 kg held sideways.
Measured on 2026-10-18.Confirm after the J4/J5 retune.

Keys and symbols

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then Enter. Jog with Left / Right. Symbols: © ™ ® ½ 1st 2nd → ← <-> ≠ ±

Press ++ctrl+alt+del++, then ++enter++. Jog with ++arrow-left++ / ++arrow-right++.
Symbols: (c) (tm) (r) 1/2 1st 2nd --> <-- <-> =/= +/-

Abbreviations (tooltips)

Hover RTI, RCB, CAN, TRF or WRF anywhere on the site: a site-wide list in docs/includes/abbreviations.md is appended to every page. A page can also define its own:

The HTML specification is maintained by the W3C.

The HTML specification is maintained by the W3C.

*[HTML]: Hyper Text Markup Language
*[W3C]: World Wide Web Consortium

Footnotes

The drives report their firmware version at every start.1 Serial numbers are not unique yet.2

The drives report their firmware version at every start.[^1]

[^1]: Shown in the dashboard's Motor tab and by `get_hardware`.

Hover a footnote mark: the note appears as a tooltip (content.footnote.tooltips).

Definition lists

move_joints
Queued joint move on a straight line in joint space.
move_linear
Queued Cartesian move; the tool follows a straight line.
`move_joints`
:   Queued joint move on a straight line in joint space.

Task lists

  • the arm is mounted
  • the E-stop is wired as a pair
  • the first-run check passed
    • stage 1: every drive answers
    • stage 2: E-stop, buttons and I/O
- [x] the arm is mounted
- [ ] the first-run check passed
    - [ ] stage 1: every drive answers

Ordered and nested lists

  1. Switch on the control box.
  2. Wait for the front panel to show IDLE.
    1. The LED turns green.
    2. The dashboard shows RTI: RUNNING.
  3. Press Enable, then Home.
    • J1 to J5 find their endstops.
    • J6 finds its Hall sensor.

Emoji and icons

Emoji: 🤖 ⚠ ✅ ❌ 🎉 Icons: 

Emoji: :robot: :warning: :white_check_mark: :x: :tada:
Icons: :material-robot-industrial: :material-check-circle:{ .sr-green } :material-close-circle:{ .sr-red }
:fontawesome-brands-github: :octicons-arrow-right-24: :simple-python: :simple-raspberrypi:

Any icon from Material Design, FontAwesome, Octicons and Simple Icons works (:set-name:); the colour classes sr-green, sr-red, sr-amber are in extra.css.

Buttons

Open the dashboard Report a problem Download the models

[Open the dashboard](#){ .md-button }
[Report a problem](../support/report-a-problem.md){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
[:material-download: Download the models](../simulation/models.md){ .md-button }

Block quote and rule

Read the user manual of your robot before this programming manual.

> Read the user manual of your robot before this programming manual.

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  1. Shown in the dashboard's Motor tab and by get_hardware. ↩

  2. Every drive reports serial number 1 until the firmware writes a real one. ↩

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