---
name: "robot-playerjoy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "robot-player"
version: "3.0.2+dfsg-4+b1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/robot-playerjoy"
---

# robot-playerjoy(1)

console-based client for teleoperation

## NAME

robot-playerjoy - console-based client for teleoperation

## SYNOPSIS

**robot-playerjoy** \[options\] \<host:port\> \[\<host:port\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

**robot-playerjoy** is a console-based client that provides planar, differential-drive teleoperation of position2d and position3d devices. In other words, robot-playerjoy allows you to manually drive your (physical or simulated) robot around. robot-playerjoy uses velocity control, and so will only work when the underlying driver supports velocity control (most drivers do).

## OPTIONS

- **-v**

  verbose mode. Print the Player device state on stdout.

- **-3d**

  connect to position3d interface (instead of position).

- **-c**

  continuously send commands.

- **-n**

  don't send commands or enable motors (for debugging).

- **-k**

  use keyboard control (instead of joystick device).

- **-p**

  print out speeds on the console.

- **-udp**

  use UDP instead of TCP (deprecated, currently disabled).

- **-speed** *speed*

  maximum linear speed in meter per second (default: 0.5).

- **-turnspeed** *speed*

  maximum angular speed in degrees per second (default: 60).

- **-dev** *device*

  joystick device file the joystick is connected to (default: /dev/js0).

## AUTHOR

**Player** was written by Brian Gerkey \<gerkey@users.sourceforge.net\> and contributors. This manual page was written by Daniel Hess for the Debian Project.

## SEE ALSO

The HTML documentation in **/usr/share/doc/player/html** of the  **robot-player-doc** package.