Robotics NLK

Last Updated: 16 October, 2026

Robotics NLK

Robotics NLK is an iOS/iPadOS app letting you configure custom missions, relying on iPhone/iPad sensors.
The goal is to get maximum out of your iOS device, with maximum flexibility and configurability.
In the nearest future it will be possible to order BLE/WiFi accessories making your missions even more powerful, transforming your mobile device into a robot.

Features

• Synced Maps
  - Compare Maps keeping them in Sync - while moving position on one map - synced maps will move as well. GEOINT tool.
  - Support for default maps as well as OpenStreetMap, OpenTopoMap - with caching mechanism - so that cached map tiles are operational offline.
• Configurable Tabata Timer
  - Super flexible Tabata Timer - with actions like pronouncing phrases, or vibrating. Configured as Nodes.
  - This lets you setup any custom workout with voice commands guidance.
• Human Detection Missions
  - Use the live rear camera to detect people on your device with Apple Vision.
  - Connect a detection to vibration, a built-in sound, or another mission action.
  - See the human detection guide below.
• Configurable Sound Alerts
  - Choose Beep, Chime, or Alarm, with your own playback duration and volume.
  - Connect sound playback to a timer, human detection, or another mission event.
  - See Play Sound settings below.
• GPS Track Recorder
  - Record your GPS Track, Run Track, Hike Track. The GeoJSON is recorded.
  - Export or View the GeoJSON track over the Map.
  - Visualise the tracks as a beautiful FlyOver Video for sharing.
• iCloud Baby Monitor / Security Camera
  - Capture slideshow images on first device with your iCloud active.
  - Read slideshow images using another device with your iCloud active. Syncs approximately each 10 seconds.
  - Secure data transfer via your iCloud between your devices. No external servers get access to your data.
• WiFi/BLE Baby Monitor / Security Camera
  - Capture slideshow images on one device, which will broadcast it via your Local Network.
  - Receive slideshow images on another device in the same Local Network. Syncs approximately each second.
  - Secure data transfer via your Local Network between several RNLK app installations.
• REST API/cURL Calls
  - Call any url at any event in the mission - by triggering a cURL.

Human Detection

Add Start Human Detection from the Detections group. A mission containing this node displays a live camera view. Detection begins when a connected event activates the node. Allow camera access when prompted. Vision analyzes the frames on your device; the detection node itself does not upload or save them.

Detection fires once while a person remains visible. It can fire again after no person has been detected for at least one second and a person appears again. This avoids triggering an action on every camera frame. Detection pauses in the background and resumes when you return to the visible mission. Leaving the mission stops detection.

Example: Vibrate or Play a Sound When a Person Appears

1. Add Mission Started and Start Human Detection.
2. Connect Mission Started's fired output to Start Human Detection.
3. Add Vibrate (if available) or Play Sound from Local Notification.
4. Connect Start Human Detection's fired output to that action. Connect it to both actions if you want both alerts.
5. Configure the action and run the mission. For vibration, try a duration of 1 second and intensity of 0.5.

Vibration requires a device with supported haptic hardware. Test the camera and alerts on a physical iPhone. To stop detection within the mission, connect an event to Stop Human Detection. Its stopped output can trigger the next action.

Play Sound

Add Play Sound (playSound) from the Local Notification group. Use the node's configuration button to edit its parameters. The built-in sounds work without downloading audio files.

The started output fires after playback starts. The completed output fires after the configured duration and can trigger another mission action. Playback stops when you leave the mission, move the app to the background, or an audio interruption occurs. Cancelled playback does not fire completed.

Editing an Existing Mission

You can change an existing mission's description while keeping its title unchanged. When you rename a mission, its title must still be different from the titles of other saved missions.

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