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Robot Mode

Updated on Apr 14, 2026

You can access the menu by pressing the OK button. Use the Up and Down arrows to navigate through the menu and press the OK button to enter a submenu or change a setting. When you edit a setting, the Up and Down buttons will let you scroll through the available options for that setting and the OK button will confirm your selection. Use the Back button to exit a setting.


Sets VBOX 3iS up for connection to a Robot.

You can find more information here.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS displaying the main menu with Robot Mode highlighted.

Sets VBOX 3iS up for connection to a Robot.

You can find more information here.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS displaying the main menu with Robot Mode highlighted.

Select this option to disable the Robot mode. This is the default option.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with Off selected.

Select this option to disable the Robot mode. This is the default option.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with Off selected.


Select this option to configure the VBOX 3iS unit for an ABD Path Follow.

You can conduct ABD Path Follow in both Single and Dual Antenna Mode.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with ABD Path Follow selected.

Select this option to configure the VBOX 3iS unit for an ABD Path Follow.

You can conduct ABD Path Follow in both Single and Dual Antenna Mode.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with ABD Path Follow selected.


Select this option to configure the VBOX 3iS unit for use with an ABD Open Loop.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with ABD Open Loop selected.

Select this option to configure the VBOX 3iS unit for use with an ABD Open Loop.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with ABD Open Loop selected.


Select this option to configure the VBOX 3iS unit for use with an ABD Pedestrian robot. 

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with ABD Pedestrian selected.

Select this option to configure the VBOX 3iS unit for use with an ABD Pedestrian robot. 

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with ABD Pedestrian selected.


Select this menu option to set the VBOX 3iS unit into UFO DSD mode, for use in Robot vehicle testing.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with DSD UFO selected.

Select this menu option to set the VBOX 3iS unit into UFO DSD mode, for use in Robot vehicle testing.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with DSD UFO selected.


Select this menu option to set the VBOX 3iS unit into Vehicle DSD mode, for use in Robot vehicle testing.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with DSD Vehicle selected.

Select this menu option to set the VBOX 3iS unit into Vehicle DSD mode, for use in Robot vehicle testing.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Robot Mode screen with DSD Vehicle selected.


Select this menu option to set the VBOX 3iS unit into Vehico mode, for use in Vehico robot systems.

Automatically configure VBOX 3iS to work with the Vehico system by applying settings.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Auto Configure screen with Configure selected.

Automatically configure VBOX 3iS to work with the Vehico system by applying settings.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Auto Configure screen with Configure selected.

Selecting will use the current location of the GNSS antenna as the Datum point, the origin point of the local X-Y coordinate system, from which all positional information will reference.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Datum Point screen with Select Datum selected.

Selecting will use the current location of the GNSS antenna as the Datum point, the origin point of the local X-Y coordinate system, from which all positional information will reference.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Datum Point screen with Select Datum selected.

The track direction dictates the direction in which the Vehico system will consider its ‘North’ value. VBOX 3iS will automatically work out the heading and apply this heading as the track direction.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Track Direction screen with Set Track Ref. selected.

The track direction dictates the direction in which the Vehico system will consider its ‘North’ value. VBOX 3iS will automatically work out the heading and apply this heading as the track direction.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Track Direction screen with Set Track Ref. selected.

Alternatively to setting the 'Track Direction', a numerical heading value can be manually entered.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Enter Heading screen with 270° selected.

Alternatively to setting the 'Track Direction', a numerical heading value can be manually entered.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Enter Heading screen with 270° selected.

Selecting this option will clear the current track direction before setting the current antenna location as the datum point.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Clear screen with OK displayed.

Selecting this option will clear the current track direction before setting the current antenna location as the datum point.

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Clear screen with OK displayed.

Select this option to disable the VEHICO mode. 

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Vehico screen with Disable selected.

Select this option to disable the VEHICO mode. 

Illustration of a VBOX 3iS showing the Vehico screen with Disable selected.