kldavis4 / telerobot

Telepresence robot server prototype written in Go

telerobot

Telepresence robot server prototype written in Go and running on Revel. To be used in conjunction with a differential wheeled robot powered by a Particle Photon (or Core) microcontroller.

Configuration

Copy telerobot_conf.json.sample to ~/.telerobot_conf.json and update with the device id and access token of the particle microcontroller.

Start the web server:

revel run github.com/kldavis4/telerobot

Run with --help for options.

Go to http://localhost:9000/

This page allows control via the virtual joystick. There is a device status indicator at the top left (green = connected, red = not connected, purple = web application error).

Got to http://localhost:9000/program

This page allows control via a list of motion commands.

telerobot's Issues

Embed video in page directly on controller page using WebRTC

Do something like this: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webrtc/basics/

General connection issues

Microcontroller seems to have issues consistently connecting to the motion control server. Sometimes it takes several seconds to connect. Other times it connects immediately. Not clear if the issue is with the photon or the server implementation.

Motion commands getting dropped

Not all commands are getting received by the microcontroller. Seems to be dropping some of them.

Allow multiple devices

Currently server only controls a single device. Modify so that devices send their device id in motion requests and maintain separate state for each device.

Add power level monitoring functionality

Add api endpoint for checking the device power level (if equipped with monitoring function)