This page is part of the documentation of auKsys/5

WARNING auKsys/5 is still under development, and subject to changes. This documentation has not been fully updated with changes since auKsys/4.

WARNING this page documents an upcoming component, in early phases of development, subject to change and not ready for production.

mkc (mission and knowledge center) is a set of GUI applications intended to interface with a multi-agent system that can execute missions and gather knowledge.

Gitlab repository is at https://gitlab.com/auksys/mkc_clients/ and https://gitlab.com/auksys/mkc_server/.

Overview

The figure below provides an overview of mkc and the releation between the clients and live systems through an application server (mkc_server).

image overview of mkc

Clients are connected to an mkc_server which acts as the gateway to a live system. The live system can be simulated, or actual platforms. mkc_server is agnostics to the middle-ware, and it currently supports by default either MQTT or ROS.

The mkc_server communicates with the clients using an HTTP server, via a REST API. This offers flexibility for the development toolkit used by the client. However, the official clients are developed using the Qt Framework.

Clients

Desktop

The desktop client is currently our primary targets, it allows to display infomation about the system. For instance, it can show agents and datasets for the current operation environment:

image overview of matks image overview of matks

The client can also be used to start and delegate missions.