Education and RIG-Blocks
The education version of RIG-Puppy can work with a smart controller and the RIG-Blocks visual programming platform.
RIG-Blocks
Platform:
Typical workflow:
- Open RIG-Blocks.
- Connect the robot with the included cable.
- Flash the required firmware as prompted.
- Build a program with blocks.
- Click Run.
- Power on the controller and wait for connection.
- Control the robot through the controller or custom program.
Relation to Puppy Firmware
The Puppy board source includes ble_remote_control.cc/h, and Kconfig provides PUPPY_ENABLE_BLE_CONTROL. This option is disabled by default because BLE may increase memory pressure and affect voice/MCP services. Education firmware and AI conversation firmware may therefore use different configurations.
Restore AI Firmware
To restore AI conversation and the Xiao Lu ecosystem after education firmware, flash the corresponding RIG-Puppy firmware with: