ipfscatremote 🐈🤖

Client and server code for cat remote robot arm over ipfs.

Hardware

• 1 catbot
• an additional arduino + joystick

Wire catbot

uses pin 10 x and 11 y laser: direct to 5v

Wire Joystick

uses a0 for x and a1 for X

Software

you need to setup a few things before starting the server / client

dry run (no bots)

you can test the peer to peer connection by editing the file constants.js and set HASBOT to false this will disable the j5 code allowing you to use the keyboard arrow to test if the connection works

2 computers

if you have the catbot and the controller on two separate computer edit constant.js as follow

...
exports.HASBOT = true
exports.JOYPORT = false
exports.CATPORT = false

1 computer

board autodetection does not guarantee what part of the system get which board on load, to fix this we need to provide the path to the serial port interface to find them, unplug both board and type ls /dev/tty.* now plug one of them and re run ls /dev/tty.* the new path on the list will be your board one, note it, and now plug the second board to get it's path, then edit constant.js

...
exports.HASBOT = true
exports.JOYPORT = '/dev/tty.yourjoyport'
exports.CATPORT = '/dev/tty.yourcatbotport'

Run it

• start the server node server
• copy the server adress that is logged
• start the client node client
• paste the server adress
• enjoy some interplanetary cat remote controll!