McHawking Robot Hacking

McHawking Wheelchair Robot @ Sudo Room

Technical Details

• For all technical information please refer to the Noise-Bot page on the Noisebridge Wiki

Network

• You can SSH into !McHawking if you are physically located at Sudo Room and connected to the "sudoroom" wireless access point

• IP Address: 192.168.1.5 (details on the Sudo Room Network Page)

• username: mchawking
• password: [redacted]

Software

• Change to the "lilia" directory int he "mchawking" account's home directory ("/home/mchawking/lilia")

• Execute the "controller.py" Python script ("./controller.py")

• At this point you can operate !!McHawking

• First set a speed setting by typing a number from 0-9 on the keyboard. "5" is a good number for getting started

• Then press down and hold a key to start !McHawking moving. "i" is for forward (where "forward" means in the direction of the monitor. If you were sitting in the original seat of the wheelchair this would actually be "backward")