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Year of collaboration

2021 – ongoing

Context

Creators of autonomous four-legged robots for industrial applications

ANYbotic’s end-to-end robotics solution automates industrial inspections. Their four-legged robot, ANYmal, can patrol complex and harsh environments as an autonomous data collection and analysis vehicle, giving operators valuable support monitoring and maintaining their plants.

Aim

Provide flexible documentation for a complex and developing product

With a product as groundbreaking as a walking robot for industrial applications, ANYbotics needed documentation that could help make their complex product clear and simple to use for operators, whilst still having the flexibility to quickly and easily update it as the product evolved.

The documentation needed to cover the hardware of the robot itself and help operators get the most from the inspection planning, payload control, and data analysis software.

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Challenges

Complex and evolving subject matter, with many SMEs and stakeholders

ANYbotics needed an authoring team that could help simplify and improve its authoring processes. They also needed a new tool that would give them the flexibility to keep up with a constantly evolving product.

Whilst documentation had previously been created in-house, it needed to be improved and simplified before releasing to the market. As a complete end-to-end hardware and software product, the documentation needed input from subject matter experts from different fields and an authoring team with experience in different industries.

The documentation contained lots of graphical elements, such as CAD drawings, that needed to be properly integrated into the documentation.

Solution

A simple, streamlined authoring process that can keep pace with a complex and evolving product

The 3di team:

  • Helped ANYbotics simplify and improve the content of their documentation to make it clear and simple for the end user.
  • Gathered input from the many subject matter experts, across different disciplines, and consolidated the information into clear and concise documentation.
  • Supported the transition away from legacy authoring tools to MadCap Flare.
  • Designed an information model that made use of far more graphical elements.
  • Ensured the content was optimised for multilingual localization.

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Result

3di were able to:

  • Designed and implemented a documentation strategy that reflected the quality and innovation of the ANYMal robot.
  • Create a suite of documentation that works well for end-users and regulators, and as a trusted resource for the ANYBotics internal team.
  • Establish a technical writing service that feels like an extension of the ANYBotics team.

Testimonial

“We had a close-out session with our partner for the CE certification. They pointed out that our user manual really impressed them. Congratulations to all the people involved.“


Project Lead at ANYbotics

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