kiwinkidinkily

Here are my custom scripts for my LetsRobot robot. They are designed to be copied into the letsrobot repository after going through their tutorial.

Instructions:

1. Setup LetsRobot

   Go to the letsrobot repository and follow the instructions for setting up the raspberry pi and connecting your robot. Make sure you download and install the software for the Adafruit Motor Hat.

2. Create the Custom Control Panels

   1. Go to the letsrobot.tv website click edit under your robot settings

   2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the switch labeled custom panels. This should open a text box. Paste the following and click Save Robot Settings.

      [{"button_panels":[{"button_panel_label":"movement 
      controls","buttons":[{"label":"rotate 
      left","command":"L"},{"label":"rotate 
      right","command":"R"},
      {"label":"forward","command":"F"},
      {"label":"backward","command":"B"},
      {"label":"left","command":"Q"},
      {"label":"right","command":"E"}]}]},{"button_panels":
      [{"button_panel_label":"camera controls","buttons":
      [{"label":"tilt up","command":"U"},{"label":"tilt 
      down","command":"D"}]}]},{"button_panels":
      [{"button_panel_label":"claw controls","buttons":
      [{"label":"grip","command":"C"},
      {"label":"release","command":"O"}]}]}]
      

      

3. Clone kiwinkidinkily

   1. Make sure your in your home folder

      cd ~
      

   2. Clone this repository

      git clone https://github.com/zeropt/kiwinkidinkily.git
      

4. Copy the Files into letsrobot

   1. Copy letsrobot.conf

      cp kiwinkidinkily/letsrobot.conf letsrobot/letsrobot.conf
      

   2. Copy motor_hat.py

      cp kiwinkidinkily/motor_hat.py letsrobot/hardware/motor_hat.py
      

5. Edit letsrobot.conf

   1. From your home directory, type

      nano letsrobot/letsrobot.conf
      

   2. Enter your letsRobot Username, RobotID, CameraID, and Stream Key

      # This is your username on the letsrobot site. This is the user that is allowed
      # to issue commands via chat 
      owner=YourLetsRobotUserName
      
      # Your robots id. The site will provide you with this and the camera id when
      # you create a new robot.
      robot_id=YourRobotID
      
      # Your robots camera id
      camera_id=YourCameraID
      
      # Motor controller type for your robot. Current valid types are serial_board,
      # motor_hat, gopigo2, gopigo3, l298n, motozero, pololu, adafruit_pwm, owi_arm
      # or none.
      type=motor_hat
      
      # Your stream key, it's generally a good idea to change this.
      stream_key=hello
      

   3. ctrl-x to exit, type y and enter to save.

6. Reboot

   Reboot and open your robot stream page

   sudo reboot
   

Congratulations, you've got a fully functional, telepresence, kiwi robot!