Teleoperate with custom control interface

You can remotely operate any configured machine and visualize and aggregate its data using a custom control interface by creating a teleop workspace.

Prerequisites

A configured machine with teleoperable components

Make sure your machine has at least one camera, movement sensor, sensor, base, arm, board, gantry, gripper, motor or servo.

See configure a machine for more information.

Configure a workspace

1

Create a workspace

Log into Viam.

Navigate to the FLEET page’s TELEOP tab. Create a workspace by clicking + Create workspace. Give it a name.

Blank teleop page.
2

Add widgets

Click Add widget and select the appropriate widget for your machine. Use the widget header to configure the panel. Repeat as many times as necessary.

3

Select a location and a machine

Now, select a location and a machine. This will make your widgets connect to your machine.

Your dashboard now shows the configured widgets for the data from your machine:

Teleop workspace with values configured for each of the four widgets on monitor mode.

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