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=== Open the robot creator ===

To open the robot creator press the third button on the toolbar. You can manipulate the robot's properties and sensors on the left side (information tree) and see a preview of the robot at the right. 

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=== Add sensors / Load sensors ===

You can add a new sensor by clicking on the '''+''' button (at the lasers or sonars node). You can also load a sensor from a yaml file, save it to a yaml file, or delete it by clicking '''x'''.

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=== Manipulate sensors ===

By clicking the edit button on any sensor you can manipulate its properties. The '''Refresh''' button on the properties window refreshes the robot preview without closing the Robot creator window, while the '''Update''' button updates the robot description and closes the properties window.

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=== Save / Load robot ===

Finally you can easily load / save / manipulate robots using the buttons on the "robot" node.

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