Software for Controlling Your TeRK Robot

This application will enable you to teleoperate your Qwerkbot. You can view video from the robot's camera and drive the robot. If you make a Qwerkbot+, you can also control the pan and tilt of the camera with this interface.

To run the teleop interface, click on "Launch Software" above. Note that you may get a security warning. Accept the digital signature in order to run the application.

The Robot Universal Remote (RUR) can be used to test a Qwerk's input and output devices. Use it to verify that motors and servos are working and wired correctly, view analog and digital inputs, test LEDs, etc.

The Robot Dance Studio software allows you to record a "dance" for your robot. You create the dance by physically moving the robot. The Dance Studio software records the motor motions and allows you to play them back. You can also try out different effects such as playing the dance in reverse, mirrored, or at a different speed.

The Qwerk Audio Player software allows you to play tones and sound files on your Qwerk.

You can use the Express-O-Matic software to program your TeRK robot via a simple, graphic, scripting language. No coding required! Express-O-Matic is very similar in function to Flower Power but it includes a different set of pre-defined conditions and is designed to be generic enough for any TeRK robot.

You can use the Flower Power software to program your Flower robot via a simple, graphic, scripting language. No coding required! Flower Power is very similar in function to Express-O-Matic but includes a visualization of the Flower robot and a different set of pre-defined conditions.

The Property Inspector client enables you to read/write the properties associated with each of the Qwerk's various services (e.g. motors, servos, video, audio, LEDs, analog inputs, digital IO, etc.).

The Serial Dashboard client enables you to send/receive data to/from the Qwerk's serial ports.

The Fake Qwerk program can be used in place of a real Qwerk board. Fake Qwerk is a useful tool for testing software applications meant to control a Qwerk. When Fake Qwerk recieves commands from a control program, it prints the commands to the screen. This allows one to see exactly what commands are being sent to the Qwerk, which can be useful for testing and debugging.

Designed specifically for students in the first Computer Science course, MyFirstRobot provides novice programmers with a framework for quickly writing short programs to control their qwerk. A number of examples and project files for popular IDEs are included.

The Prototyping Playground software is an easy-to-use framework for intermediate to advanced Java programmers interested in getting started with writing Java programs to control Qwerks.

We've added some more support for Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS). This release adds support for most of the functions on the Qwerk except Audio and Video. It also includes some sample Visual Programming Language (VPL) software to drive around a Qwerkbot using a GUI Joystick.

The source code for all the applications presented on the Software page is available for download under the terms of the GNU General Public License. You may modify it to create your own software for the TeRK architecture.