DTS commands

You can interact with the virtual Duckiebots using the duckietown-shell. Always make sure to have the latest version of the shell commands by running dts update.

The following sub-commands are used to interact with the virtual Duckiebots and perform operations that are specific to the real Duckiebots and do not have a counterpart in the virtual world.

You can run a specific <subcommand> by running dts duckiebot virtual <subcommand>. For each subcommand you can use the flag -h/--help to have further details on its usage.

restart

dts duckiebot virtual restart <virtual_robot_name>

Allows us to restart the robot virtual_robot_name. This is the recommended way to reboot the virtual robot.

stop

dts duckiebot virtual stop <virtual_robot_name>

Allows us to shut down the robot virtual_robot_name. This is the recommended way to shut down the virtual robot.

destroy

dts duckiebot virtual destroy <virtual_robot_name>

Allows us to destroy the virtual robot virtual_robot_name and remove all its Docker images from the local machine.

create

dts duckiebot virtual create <virtual_robot_name>

This command will start the procedure to create a virtual duckiebot image, just like you would do when flashing the SD card of a real Duckiebot. The options you can provide are:

• -t/--type to specify the type of virtual robot to create

• -c/--configuration to provide Duckiebot configuration file

list

dts duckiebot virtual list

Will list all the existing virtual duckiebots and their status.

connect

dts duckiebot virtual connect

Allows for the connection of a real duckiebot to a virtual one.

start

dts duckiebot virtual start `virtual_robot_name`

Will start the virtual robot virtual_robot_name if it was stopped.