nebrius / jsfest-sf-2014-nodebot

Code for our 2014 JSFest SF NodeBot

JSFest NodeBot

This code was first used at a hack day event for JSFest 2014 in San Francisco, and then again for a kids workshop on robotics.

Wiring

Here is the wiring diagram for the SumoBot. Make sure that you get everything wired up exactly as shown below. If you get any of the red and black wires crossed, you may damage the motors! Also make sure that none of the metal on the red and black wires ever come into contact, this will definitely damage the motors!

Installation

• Install Node.js
• If you are on Windows, install Git. Mac OS X and Linux come with Git preinstalled
• Open a terminal, and navigate to the folder you want to install the project at
• Run git clone https://github.com/bryan-m-hughes/jsfest-sf-2014-nodebot.git
• cd into the jsfest-sf-2014-nodebot directory
• Run npm install

Running

• Plug the USB cable into your computer and the robot
• In the same terminal and directory where we ran npm install, run node bot.js
• Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/
• Press the arrow keys to move the robot!

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Bryan Hughes [e-mail]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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