Kracken Research Code V2

Controls the robot using websockets rather than http requests to reduce latency
Written by: Larry Zhao

Instructions to Set Up:

Frontend:

(This is run on your computer)

1. Install Node.js and npm
2. Open the ResearchDashboard2 folder in your Terminal (can be in VS Code)
3. Run npm i to install necessary libraries
4. Run npm run dev to open the dashboard
5. Click one of the displayed ports (Ex: "ws://localhost:8765")

Backend:

(This is run on the Jetson)

1. (Optional) Create a virtual environment
   1. Open the Backend folder in your Terminal
   2. Run python3 -m venv venv to create a virtual environment called venv
   3. Run source venv/bin/activate to activate the virtual environment
   4. You should now see (venv) on the left side of your Terminal
2. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install dependencies
3. Run python3 server.py to start the server