Set Up the Robot
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Light it up!
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Follow instructions in the provided Quick Start Guide (printed or electronic) to complete hardware setup and boot up the robot.

.. caution::
   Before proceeding, make sure the robot is securely mounted onto a steady base and won't topple over when moving at a high speed with sudden stops.

Connect the UI tablet
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Follow instructions in the Quick Start Guide to connect the UI tablet (teach pendant) to the robot. Make sure you can use the Flexiv Elements software pre-installed in the UI tablet to enable (servo on) the robot and see the sensor data.

.. note::
   When using RDK, Flexiv Elements is still needed to take care of some auxiliary operations.

Operations that are done in Flexiv Elements when using RDK:

1. Enable/disable Remote mode for RDK.
2. Enable free drive, see :doc:`free_drive`.
3. Confirm the switch from Manual to Auto or Auto (Remote) mode, see :ref:`enter_remote_mode`.