Cockpit Controls

Drive Asimov 1 from a keyboard or a phone, set speed limits, and read telemetry and logs.

Once the robot is in Walk — see Stand Up and Walk — drive it from the Cockpit, on a laptop or a phone. The camera panel shows No video in this release, so drive within sight of the robot.

How Input Works

Input is held. Release a key, a touch pad or the stick and the robot's velocity goes to zero. It doesn't damp.

Further is faster. How far you push sets the speed, up to your speed limits.

Losing focus is a stop. If the Cockpit tab loses focus, input clears and velocity goes to zero; you keep control. Keys do nothing while a dialog or the menu is open.

Missing input is a stop. If Asimov Manager hears nothing from your browser for two seconds, it sets the velocity to zero.

A dropped connection ends your control. The Cockpit shows "Cockpit connection lost · reconnecting…" and reconnects without control; take control again.

Keyboard

On a desktop:

Key	Action
`W` / `S`	Forward / back
`A` / `D`	Strafe left / right
`Q` / `E`	Turn left / right
`Shift`	Half speed, while held
`Space`	Pause — see Pause
`X`	E-Stop

The drag pad beside the keys does the same with a mouse: drag the knob further to go faster.

Phone

JOYSTICK (the default): the DRIVE pad on the left moves forward, back and sideways; the TURN pad on the right turns; PAUSE sits between them. Touch and drag, and release to stop.

BUTTONS: a D-pad and rotate keys that drive at your full speed limit. The Cockpit returns to JOYSTICK on your next visit.

Landscape: turn the phone sideways for a full-screen driving view. Set the control mode and speed limits in portrait first — landscape has neither.

On a phone, the Cockpit has no E-STOP button of its own: use E-STOP in the top bar — press and hold.

Speed Limits

Select the speed chip (it reads like 1.0 M/S · 57°/S) to open two sliders:

Max speed caps forward, back and sideways speed, up to 1.0 m/s.

Turn speed caps turning, up to 57°/s.

Both start at their maximum. Lower them before your first sessions — the robot has real momentum. The limits are saved in your browser only, so set them again on another device.

Shift halves your speed while held. A gamepad drives at half speed until you hold its turbo trigger, and never exceeds these limits.

Telemetry and Logs

Select Logs in the Cockpit header to open the information pane. It docks beside the camera on a desktop and slides up as a sheet on a phone.

Telemetry: control mode, command sequence and error flags; position, velocity, current and temperature for all 25 joints; the IMU; and battery charge, voltage, current, maximum cell temperature and protection flags. It updates live.

Logs: the newest 40 entries from Asimov Edge or the firmware, refreshed every two seconds. Full logs opens the Troubleshoot page.

The Cockpit's status line shows the robot's control mode, and fault N when the firmware reports a fault — see Recovering After an E-Stop or a Fall.

If You Cannot Drive

What you see	What to do
The posture controls are disabled	Take control first — see Take Control
"Switch to Walk to drive"	The robot moves only in Walk. Stand it up first
Start Asimov Edge in place of the controls	Asimov Edge, the service linking the console to the robot, isn't running. Follow the link and start it on the Firmware page
"Waiting for the previous Cockpit session to release…"	Another browser has the Cockpit open. Close it there
Gamepad in control	A gamepad paired to the robot is driving. Take Control to override it — see Gamepad
"Cockpit connection lost · reconnecting…"	Wait for it to reconnect, then take control again
The robot drifts or stumbles in Walk	Suspect a zero point — see Recalibration After Repairs

Driving from Code

The SDK and the Asimov API can do everything the Cockpit does, using credentials issued on the Developer page. The robot takes commands from one controller at a time.