Rise of the Robots
summary
Prototype turns a 3D printer into a working delta robot that physically taps and swipes real phones for end-to-end mobile tests, using a secured phone bed, calibration grid and coordinate kinematics to avoid crossing the screen. It runs Node.js with Johnny-Five controlling an Arduino Nano, integrates with Appium for assertions and visual diffing, and is open source as Tapster on GitHub. The build reliably produces real touch events, scales to multiple bots, and captures metrics like load and interaction timing.
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chapters (25)
- 0:00Introduction and Isaac Asimov
- 1:22Speaker introduction
- 2:06Building a time tracking app
- 3:51Challenges of mobile testing
- 7:253D printer inspiration for robot
- 8:51Types of robots and delta robots
- 11:16Building the Tapster Bot
- 13:05Programming the robot with Johnny-Five
- 16:13Calibrating the robot
- 17:16Testing scenarios with Appium
- 19:42Artificial user simulation
- 20:46Accessibility and IoT opportunities
- 21:49Community power and future
- 23:14Q&A begins
- 24:38Arduino community and ease of use
- 26:04JavaScript robotics hardware
- 27:05Accessibility tech opportunities
- 29:54Tessel board and Arduino variants
- 30:34Fascinating Arduino abilities
- 31:39Asserting output and testing
- 33:05Extending the Tapster Bot project
- 33:50Future crazy projects
- 34:33Incorporating sensors
- 35:36Soil data analysis sensors
- 37:42Wrap-up and closing
