NXT Navigation via Arrow Keys

[nxtnewbie]

Hello there!
I am new to lejos (and Java) and very excited of the options it provides so far!
Can someone help me build a Navigation Program for the NXT?
The project I want to accomplish is to connect the laptop with the NXT via Bluetooth and navigate the robot using the arrow keys of the keyboard.
And I want this Bluetooth connection until a button (q for example) is pressed from the keyboard.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.

[roger]

Hi nxtnewbie,
A pretty ambitious project.
To learn how to communicate between the NXT and the PC, see the tutorial on communications.
For examples of a navigating robot controlled by a PC, see
http://lejos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc ... navigator/
and for the PC side, see:
http://lejos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc ... oncontrol/

Good luck,
Roger

[nxtnewbie]

Thank you Roger for the instant reply,

I read the links you sent me and I have achieved the Bluetooth Connection, as it is in the samples (to send an integer from the PC and print its negative on NXT's screen). Unfortunately, I haven't yet achieved the remote control despite all my efforts.
For the remote control part I have found this: http://lejos.sourceforge.net/p_technologies/nxt/nxj/api/lejos/devices/KeyEvent.html.
Could you please tell me if this is useful and give me an example of how to use the commands? (For example, when you press the up arrow key we want the robot to go straight)

Thank you!

[roger]

As I understand it, you want to use the arrow keys on your laptop, so you need a key listener in standard Java, not Lejos. The java tutorial on how to write a key listener might be useful.
Good luck

[kirkpthompson]

Hi.

Assuming you are going to create a Java Swing-based GUI client to communicate with your robot, a key binding makes sense for your arrow keys:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/keybinding.html.

Best,
-K