When speech control won't work – why we need to drive

In Chapter 15, Voice Communication with a Robot Using Mycroft, we built a Mycroft system to launch behaviors. If you have tried to build intents to make the robot stop in time or drive left or right, you will have probably noticed that it takes some time to respond even with the clearest speaking.

Speech control also only really works in a quiet room. If your robot is outside (you would like to drive it somewhere), this is not useful.

Mycroft is also utterly dependent on having access to the internet. It is one thing to have a small shared network for a robot and a controller; it's another to always require internet access, which can become tricky when not at your home, school, or lab.

Using an SSH session to log in to a robot, then typing commands to start and stop behaviors works well during testing stages, but it can be slow and cumbersome. In demonstration conditions, mistyping a command or just restarting...