vmi_android: android | android_ce_control

Package Summary

VMI Cognitive Environment Control for Android This package is not part of a ROS Package. It needs to be handled in a special way. Still - it's beta.

• Author: Stefan Diewald, Matthias Kranz, Andreas Möller, Luis Roalter
• License: BSD
• Repository: vmi-ros-pkg
• Source: svn https://svn.vmi.ei.tum.de/vmi-ros-pkg/trunk/vmi_android/android_ce_control

Abstract

This package enables controlling elements (currently only lights) in the vmi_cognitive_environment directly from an Android device by simply publishing some switches' states.
It shows how to rapid prototype a Android ROS node, which is functional and has o decent GUI.

GUI

The GUI is realized through SL4A's (Scripting Layer for Android) UiFacade using a WebView. The interface itself is an HTML page based on jQuery mobile, which is still in alpha stage but yet already very functional.
The communication between the background Python script and the HTML in WebView is realized with SL4A's event system.