Making Things Complicated
In one of the previous posts, we explained the initial version of the remote control system, implemented for our robot. It was based on a simple protocol and used RoboRemo application as a remote control user interface.The simplicity of the solution posed some limits on the functions. At some point, we decided to make a step forward and implement a more complicated remote control version.
Mainly - we were looking for:
- FPV (First Person View) - the possibility to see the real-time video from the camera installed at the robot
- Usage of joystick or steering wheel to control the robot
- Having a big dashboard with many small controls which can operate numerous features of the robot and indicate on the screen the real status which is based on telemetry
- Possibility to see all the traffic between the robot and the remote control application, having the possibility to type commands manually
