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Older Beam+ robot cannot authenticate because its server is offline
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A user bought an older Awabot/Suitable Tech Beam+ telepresence robot from Facebook Marketplace. Its battery was dead, and after switching to a desktop power supply it booted successfully, but it could not complete authentication because the software points to a server that is offline. The user has asked Awabot about a software update or system image, and has found papers and GitHub repositories that reference the old ROS project and add sensors, as well as a video showing manual commands being sent to drive the robot and capture its video stream.
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A user bought an old Beam+ telepresence robot from FB Marketplace; its battery was dead, and after powering it with a desktop power supply it booted successfully, but authentication could not be completed because the software points to a server that has been taken offline. They asked Awabot about a software update or system image, and also found papers and GitHub repositories referencing the old ROS project and added sensors, as well as a video showing commands sent manually to drive the robot and capture its video stream.
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