irobotcom

Communication between javascript and python for use in controlling ROS from google colab.

Requirements

Pre-requisites:

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Webots R2023b
• Node v18.7.1

Use the following commands to install the modules that may be required for webots server

sudo apt-get install python3-pip python-is-python3
pip install pynvml requests psutil tornado distro

Clone the materials from github using the following command in any directory of your choice:

git clone https://github.com/aung9htet/irobotcom.git

Run the server by following these steps:

• Enter int ~/irobotcom/home_page from terminal
• Run npx http-server -S
• Open a new tab and enter into~/irobotcom/webots-servers
• Run ./server.sh start
• You can start playing around in the following colab after this: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1HOmT66Sy0ZcDtlbnE2HQjyaS0RPDbGCt#scrollTo=T6aLZ83Yt9le

At the end do not forget to kill the servers:

• For npx server, you can use Ctrl + C in the tab
• For the webots-servers, you can use ./server.sh stop