Simulated robot configurator

[psychemedia]

At the moment, the robot can be (re)configured from a dialogue within the simulator.

Separate out the configurator eg into a configuration app in the notebook created from a magic, and/or allow the user to pass config details into the simulator from the code block magic?

[psychemedia]

The robot is configured according to a simple set-up script that defines:

• the wheel diameter (default: 56 mm);
• the wheel spacing (default: 180 mm);
• the length of the robot (default: 120 mm);
• the weight of the robot (default: weightless);
• the placement of the left light sensor (sensor1, by default registered at location (-20, 30) from centre front of the robot ) and the right light sensor at (20, 30);
• the placement and orientation of the ultrasonic sensor (by default, in the front center of the robot at (0, 20) with angle 0 degrees relative to the front/back robot center-line).

The configuration can be updated via a pop-up window in the simulator.

The configurator in the simulator is a simple editor over the configuration Javascript object:

{
  "wheeldiameter": 56,
  "wheelSpacing": 180,
  "back": -120,
  "weight": "weightless",
  "sensor1": {
    "x": -20,
    "y": 30
  },
  "sensor2": {
    "x": 20,
    "y": 30
  },
  "ultrasonic": {
    "x": 0,
    "y": 20,
    "angle": 0
  }
}