SJON-i is meant to be executed on a tablet mounted to a robot. Elderly people can talk to SJON-i when they're bored, want to laugh or need help with something. The incentive for SJON-i came from a school project, where the goal was to create telepresence to entertain the elderly.
Installing SJON-i is quite easy.
- install a small http server to be able to serve image and front files on local environment
- depends on node package manager, other http servers are possible too!
- OSX/Linux
- open a terminal/command prompt and type
sudo npm install -g http-server
- open a terminal/command prompt and type
- Windows (you may need to run command prompt as administrator)
- open a terminal/command prompt and type
npm install -g http-server
- open a terminal/command prompt and type
- clone the repository to use the code, or even make some improvements of your own
- in the terminal/command prompt type
git clone https://github.com/nout-kleef/SJON-i.git
- run the http server
- open a new terminal window (navigate to the repository on your device) and type
http-server
- your SJON-i clone is all set!