WebBrick makes it easy for you to set up a telerobot, a robot that you and your friends can control from anywhere in the world. For example, it is fun and easy to stick together a robotic web camera. People can visit your web page and push buttons that activate your creation! And, best of all, you don't need to do any programming! You can connect your robot to the web in just a few minutes from now with WebBrick! WebBrick is especially fun with a webcam. You can set one up with software such as WebCam32.
Here is a list of a few WebBricks in action. You may need to contact
the inventors to get them to turn on their robots. Most of these
are always under construction, since Lego is just that way.
A
WebBrickWebCam
A WebBrick'ed rover,
with a cool user interface.
Jonathan's
Inventions.
A roving grabber.
Web Brick has an easy-to-use minimalist interface that lets you get started right away:
Program Downloads 5 programs that make it easy to run a simple web robot.
Program 1: Run motor 1 in reverse for a short time, and
then stop.
Program 2: Run motor 1 forward for a short time, and then
stop.
Program 3: Run motor 2 in reverse for a short time, and then
stop.
Program 4: Run motor 2 forward for a short time, and then
stop.
Program 5: Beep. Run motor 3 in forward for a longer time,
and then stop.
Device Type: RCX is the yellow brick, and I think SPIRIT is the blue brick. I don't think this code will work with SCOUTs.
Com port: This is one of the 4 serial ports where you might have connected the tower. Check the back of your computer to see where the cable is plugged in. IR is the standard IR tower, but the blue brick can also be connected with a cable, so that is supported too.
Local Host: This is the IP address your machine says it is on. It is what you copy into the JavaScript code. The port is the port number that the program will listen to for connections. Different ports are reserved for special purposes, so don't change this number unless you know what you are doing. You will need to change the port in the JavaScript code too.
Open Socket: Use this to turn on the program, so it starts listening to the internet for incomming commands.
Commands: The lights are red when the program is not listening to the internet. The lights turn blue when it is listening, and they turn green when it gets a command.
Status: This tells you what the program is doing, but you can just ignore it.