McHawking Robot Hacking

McHawking Wheelchair Robot @ Sudo Room

Technical Details

  • For information on the open source DORA bot project (which was applied to the last iteration of the McHawking hardware) please visit the project website

Network

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