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Teleoperation Viewer

Teleoperation Viewer

The Teleoperation Viewer combines a live video feed with a virtual joystick so operators can manually drive the robot from the Monitoring page.

Use it for supervised interventions, remote inspections, or bringing a robot to a safe state.

3D Viewer

Key Capabilities

  • Supports Ackermann and Twist steering models.
  • Dual Connection Modes: Choose between gRPC and WebRTC for video streaming.
  • Video Transformation: Flip or rotate the camera feed to match the operator's perspective.
  • Flexible Control: Toggle between an on-screen Virtual joystick or a physical controller.
  • Safety Limits: Configurable velocity limits and auto-repeat idle states to prevent runaway behaviors.
  • Automatic control model inference from the underlying message type.

Teleoperation Viewer Settings

Configuration

Connection & Video

  • Connection Mode: Select the streaming protocol:
    • gRPC: Standard streaming.
    • WebRTC: Low-latency streaming (recommended for unstable networks).
  • Video Stream: Choose the camera topic to display.
  • Transform: Adjust the video orientation if the camera is mounted differently:
    • Flip: Horizontally or Vertically.
    • Rotate: Rotate the feed by 90-degree increments.

Control Settings

  • Joystick Stream: Select the command topic (e.g., /cmd_vel) used to control the robot.
  • Joystick Update Rate (Hz): Set the frequency at which command messages are published.
  • Joystick Controller: Select the input method (e.g., Virtual for the on-screen UI).

Limits & Behavior

  • Linear/Angular Velocity: Set the Minimum and Maximum speed limits to ensure safe operation.
  • Axis Configuration:
    • Inverse joystick: Swaps forward/backward controls.
    • Mirror joystick: Swaps left/right controls.
  • Auto-repeat idle state: When checked, the system sends continuous zero-velocity commands when the joystick is released. This locks the robot in place rather than letting it drift or timeout.

GPS

  • GPS Stream: Select a GPS topic to overlay position data.
  • GPS Enabled: Toggle the GPS overlay visibility.