Power cycling using the iPendant is a recommended practice.

• A. Irrelevant
• B. True
• C. False
• D. Depends on model

Answer: (B)

Power cycling the iPendant is used to bring the system back to a clean, known state when things aren’t behaving as expected. Turning the pendant off and then back on resets the control interface, reinitializes the communication link with the robot controller, and reboots the pendant’s firmware and sensors. This helps clear transient faults, restore synchronization, and recover from a frozen or unresponsive UI without having to power down the entire robot, which is a safer and more controlled way to diagnose and recover from minor faults.

Use this approach after events like a fault indication, unresponsiveness, or following software updates, but always follow the documented restart procedure and ensure the robot is in a safe state with any motion halted and the work area secured before performing the cycle. In practice, this is a standard, recommended troubleshooting step for maintaining reliable operation.