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Status Node

The Status Node is responsible for monitoring the robot status and delivering telemetry for the robot:

statusnode.py
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During startup this node starts a background thread for monitoring the robot's status. The node also subscribes to the ups-battery-percent event which is used to inform the status node of the battery level of the UPS device.

Battery status is handled by the update_battery method:

Update Battery
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This method simply keeps a track of the batter level percentage.

Monitoring Status

Status is monitored in the background task monitor_status:

Update Battery
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Every 10 seconds, this node builds up SystemStatus which includes:

  • Disk Usage
  • Memory Usage
  • Under Voltage Indicator
  • Network Details
  • Battery Usage
  • CPU Usage

If under voltage is detected, this node raises an alarm event under-voltage-detected. This allows the robot to execute a graceful shutdown.