Project Neptune is the code name for an online robot configurator project developed by Mango Mango for Clearpath Robotics. The primary deliverable for the project is a web application that allows Clearpath's customers to drag and drop sensors on a robot base. After customizing the robot, the web app will output the configuration in Unified Robot Description Format (URDF) that Clearpath will use as the basis for building the robot.

The Neptune project includes three notable features:

• Neptune client
• Database maintenance tool
• URDF/Unity converter API

The Neptune Client is a WebGL application built in Unity that provides the UI for configuring a robot with customized sensors. The Neptune Client provides a drag and drop UI, extensive support for sensor position manipulation, and can also provide updated power usage, labour time and cost ratings for the configuration.

Feature overviews:

• Object Manipulation in 3D Space

In addition to the Neptune Client, the DB Maintainance subproject is a utility tool for maintaining the centralized database of robot components that is read by the client app.

Feature overviews:

• Uploading and Displaying URDF file

The URDF/Unity Converter subproject is a class library developed in C# that provides an API for converting between URDF files and Unity game objects.

Feature overviews:

• URDF/Unity Conversion

Developer References:

• URDF
• XML parsing

• Unity 5.3.3
• Unity WebGL plugin
• Unity Tools for Visual Studio
• Visual Studio 2015

Coming soon!

Currently, contribution for Project Neptune is closed to members of Mango Mango. Upon delivery of their capstone project, the team intends to open the project to external contributors.

• Mango Mango's scrum board on Trello
• Mango Mango's scrum process
• Using Git
• Code Style for URDF/Unity Converter

Currently, deployment is handled internally by Mango Mango.

The latest deployment for development purposes is available here.