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Sanad
Voice + motion assistant for the Unitree G1 humanoid. Gemini Live handles conversation; the arm controller plays built-in SDK poses and recorded JSONL macros; everything is orchestrated by a FastAPI dashboard.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Dashboard (FastAPI) ── http://<robot>:8000 │
│ ├─ Operations Quick-fire arm actions │
│ ├─ Voice & Audio Live Gemini, Typed Replay, Wake Phrases │
│ ├─ Motion & Replay SDK actions, JSONL replays, teaching mode │
│ ├─ Recognition Camera vision + face gallery (Gemini-side) │
│ ├─ Recordings Skills registry, saved Gemini turns │
│ └─ Settings & Logs System info, tail live log │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
├─ voice/sanad_voice.py (subprocess — Gemini Live audio loop)
├─ gemini/script.py (Gemini Live brain — audio + video + state)
├─ gemini/client.py (short-session client for Typed Replay)
├─ gemini/subprocess.py (spawns+supervises sanad_voice.py;
│ pushes camera frames + motion state
│ to the child over its stdin)
├─ vision/camera.py (RealSense/USB capture daemon)
├─ vision/face_gallery.py (data/faces/ CRUD for the primer turn)
├─ motion/arm_controller.py (G1 arm DDS publisher)
├─ voice/audio_io.py (mic + speaker abstraction — 3 profiles)
└─ core/brain.py (skill dispatcher, event bus)
Camera + face recognition data flow
CameraDaemon (parent, in-memory JPEG+b64 cache)
├─→ dashboard /api/recognition/frame.jpg ── snapshot_jpeg()
└─→ GeminiSubprocess._frame_forwarder ── get_frame_b64()
│ "frame:<b64>\n" over stdin
ArmController ─emit→ event bus ─→ main.py ─→ live_sub.send_state()
│ "state:<json>\n" over stdin
▼
gemini/script.py _stdin_watcher thread
├─ frame: → _LATEST_FRAME → _send_frame_loop →
│ session.send_realtime_input(video=Blob)
└─ state: → _STATE_PENDING → _send_state_loop →
session.send_realtime_input(text=…)
Quick start (on the robot)
conda activate gemini_sdk
cd ~/Sanad
python3 main.py
Then open http://<robot-ip>:8000 in a browser.
Directory layout
| Path | Contents |
|---|---|
main.py |
Entry point — boots all subsystems + dashboard. |
config.py |
Runtime constants derived from config/*_config.json. |
config/ |
Per-subsystem JSON config: core, voice, gemini, motion, dashboard, local. |
core/ |
Brain, skill registry, event bus, config loader, logger. |
gemini/ |
Gemini Live — client.py (one-shot), script.py (live brain: audio + video + motion-state), subprocess.py (supervisor + stdin frame/state push). |
voice/ |
sanad_voice.py (subprocess entry), audio_io.py (mic/speaker), audio_manager.py, local_tts.py, live_voice_loop.py, typed_replay.py, wake_phrase_manager.py, text_utils.py, model_script.py (brain template). |
vision/ |
camera.py (RealSense/USB capture daemon, auto-reconnect), face_gallery.py (data/faces/ CRUD), recognition_state.py (toggle state file I/O). |
local/ |
Offline pipeline skeleton — Silero VAD, Whisper, Qwen (via Ollama), CosyVoice2. Opt-in via SANAD_VOICE_BRAIN=local. |
motion/ |
arm_controller.py (main), sanad_arm_controller.py, macro_player.py, macro_recorder.py, teaching.py. |
dashboard/ |
FastAPI routes (dashboard/routes/*.py) + static UI (dashboard/static/index.html). |
scripts/ |
Persona files — sanad_v2 (voice persona), sanad_rule.txt, sanad_arm.txt (voice→arm phrases). |
data/ |
Runtime state — audio/ (typed-replay WAVs), motions/ (arm JSONL files), recordings/ (live-captured turns), faces/face_{id}/ (enrolled face galleries), .recognition_state.json (vision/face-rec toggle state), motions/config.json (dashboard-editable settings). |
model/ |
Place for local SpeechT5 / CosyVoice2 weights when using offline pipeline. |
logs/ |
Per-module rotating logs. |
Runtime selection (env vars)
| Var | Values | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
SANAD_AUDIO_PROFILE |
builtin, anker, hollyland_builtin |
builtin |
Which mic + speaker pair audio_io.py mounts. builtin = G1 UDP mic + G1 chest speaker via DDS. |
SANAD_VOICE_BRAIN |
gemini, local, model |
gemini |
Which brain the subprocess loads (see voice/sanad_voice.py:_build_brain). |
SANAD_DDS_INTERFACE |
network iface | eth0 |
DDS network for G1 low-level comms. |
SANAD_GEMINI_API_KEY |
string | reads config | Override the API key in data/motions/config.json. |
SANAD_LIVE_SCRIPT |
path | auto | Override the subprocess entry script path. |
SANAD_RECORD |
0 or 1 |
1 |
Record every Gemini turn to data/recordings/. |
SANAD_AEC_ENABLE |
0 or 1 |
1 |
Enable WebRTC AEC3 (if the Python binding is installed). |
SANAD_VISION_ENABLE |
0 or 1 |
0 |
Boot default for camera vision. Runtime truth is the Recognition-tab toggle → data/.recognition_state.json, hot-applied without a restart. |
SANAD_FACE_RECOGNITION_ENABLE |
0 or 1 |
0 |
Boot default for Gemini-side face recognition. Also a hot toggle. |
SANAD_VISION_SEND_HZ |
float | 2 |
Frames/sec the Gemini child relays to Live. |
SANAD_CAMERA_WIDTH / _HEIGHT / _FPS |
int | 424 / 240 / 15 |
Capture profile. Also settable per-deploy in config/core_config.json > camera. |
SANAD_FACES_MAX_SAMPLES |
int | 3 |
Max photos per person fed into the gallery primer turn (token budget). |
All
SANAD_VISION_*/SANAD_CAMERA_*/SANAD_FACE_*vars are boot defaults forwarded to the Gemini child viaLIVE_TUNE. Once running, the Recognition tab's toggles are the live source of truth — they writedata/.recognition_state.json, which the child polls at 1 Hz.
Dashboard features
Operations
Quick-fire SDK + JSONL arm actions (chip buttons), gestural speaking toggle.
Voice & Audio
- Live Voice Commands — arm trigger from user transcripts (wake-phrase → arm action). Master gate + Deferred-trigger toggle.
- Live Gemini Process — start/stop the voice conversation subprocess, tail its log.
- Typed Replay — Gemini reads typed text aloud (wrapped with a "repeat verbatim" prompt).
- Gemini API Key — hot-swap the key without restart.
- Wake Phrase Manager — add/remove phrase → action bindings.
Motion & Replay
- Motion Control — list SDK (built-in) + JSONL (recorded) actions, select + play. Cancel smoothly returns to
arm_home.jsonl. - Replay Manager — upload
.jsonlfiles, test-play with speed, Teaching Mode (kinesthetic record). - Macro Recorder — Record new audio+motion pair, OR pick any WAV + any motion (SDK or JSONL) and Play them in parallel.
Recognition
Camera vision + Gemini-side face recognition. Both are off by default; each is a hot toggle — flipping it takes effect on the running Gemini session within ~1 s, no restart.
- Camera Vision — when on, the
CameraDaemoncaptures from a RealSense (preferred) or USB camera and the supervisor streams JPEG frames to Gemini Live so it can answer "what do you see?". Live preview panel. - Face Recognition — manage
data/faces/face_{id}/galleries: enroll from the live camera or upload photos, rename, download (per-photo or ZIP), delete. On a session start (and on any gallery change) the child sends a primer turn carrying every enrolled face + a Khaleeji greeting instruction — Gemini itself does the matching in-context, so there's no local face-recognition model. Recognition needs vision on. - Sync Gallery — force-resend the primer to the live session.
The camera daemon auto-reconnects on USB unplug / stalled frames and warns if a RealSense negotiated USB 2.0 (Marcus-ported resilience).
Recordings
Skill Registry (predefined audio+motion skills from skills.json) + Saved Records (Gemini turn recordings).
Architecture notes
- Subprocess isolation:
voice/sanad_voice.pyruns as a child ofmain.pyviagemini/subprocess.py. If the voice loop crashes, the dashboard + arm stay up. - Brain contract: see
voice/model_script.py— any new model (OpenAI Realtime, Claude Voice, local offline) implements__init__(audio_io, recorder, voice, system_prompt),async run(),stop(). Drop a file invoice/or a new<brand>/folder, add a branch tovoice/sanad_voice.py:_build_brain(). - Supervisor contract: each brain ships a sibling supervisor (e.g.,
gemini/subprocess.py) that spawnssanad_voice.pywith itsSANAD_VOICE_BRAINenv var and parses the brain's log markers. Template:voice/model_subprocess.py. - Audio routing: the G1's platform-sound PulseAudio sink is NOT wired to a physical speaker. All dashboard-triggered playback (
play_wav, typed-replay audio, record playback) routes through DDSAudioClient.PlayStreamviaaudio_manager._play_pcm_via_g1. The PyAudio path is kept as a desktop/dev fallback only. - Arm replay:
motion/arm_controller.py:_replay_file_inner()is a verbatim port ofG1_Lootah/Manual_Recorder/g1_replay_v4_stable.py:Run()— ramp-in → settle hold → playback → smooth return → disable SDK. Cancel breaks the play loop;_return_home()runs unconditionally afterwards for a jerk-free return. - Camera frame transport (stdin push): the
CameraDaemonlives in the parent and caches frames in memory.GeminiSubprocessruns a_frame_forwarderthread that base64-encodes the latest frame and writesframe:<b64>\nto the child's stdin (~2 fps). The child's_stdin_watcherthread decodes into_LATEST_FRAME;_send_frame_looprelays it to Gemini Live with a staleness guard. This is the Marcus pattern — chosen over a file drop so the parent owns the camera once and the dashboard preview reads the same in-memory cache. - Motion-state channel:
arm_controller._execute()emitsmotion.action_started/_done/_erroron the event bus.main.pyforwards each tolive_sub.send_state(), which writesstate:<json>\nto the child's stdin. The child injects[STATE-START] wave_hand,[STATE-DONE] wave_hand (2.3s), etc. into Gemini Live as silent text context (send_realtime_input(text=…)) so it can honestly answer "what are you doing?". - Face recognition is Gemini-side: no dlib/insightface/onnxruntime.
vision/face_gallery.pyis pure file IO overdata/faces/face_{id}/(face_N.jpg|pngsamples + optionalmeta.jsonwith aname). At session start (and on any gallery change)gemini/script.py:_send_gallery_primer()builds one multimodalsend_client_contentturn — every enrolled face's photos + a greeting instruction — and Gemini matches incoming frames against it in-context.
Camera vision on Jetson
The Recognition tab needs pyrealsense2 to talk to the Intel RealSense.
Do not pip install pyrealsense2 on JetPack 5 — the PyPI wheel is built
against glibc 2.32+ (Ubuntu 22.04) and fails to load on JetPack 5's glibc
2.31 with ImportError: ... version 'GLIBC_2.32' not found.
The native runtime is already there (apt-installed librealsense2). Build
just the Python binding from source against it, into the gemini_sdk env:
rs-enumerate-devices # confirm the D435I shows up at OS level first
source ~/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh && conda activate gemini_sdk
pip uninstall -y pyrealsense2 # remove the broken wheel if present
sudo apt install -y cmake build-essential git python3-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev pkg-config libssl-dev
cd /tmp && rm -rf librealsense
git clone --depth=1 --branch v2.56.5 https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense.git
cd librealsense && mkdir -p build && cd build
cmake .. -DBUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python3) \
-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_GRAPHICAL_EXAMPLES=OFF \
-DBUILD_UNIT_TESTS=OFF -DCHECK_FOR_UPDATES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make -j$(nproc) pyrealsense2
SITE=$(python3 -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_paths()['purelib'])")
mkdir -p "$SITE/pyrealsense2"
cp wrappers/python/pyrealsense2*.so "$SITE/pyrealsense2/"
cp ../wrappers/python/pyrealsense2/__init__.py "$SITE/pyrealsense2/" 2>/dev/null || true
python3 -c 'import pyrealsense2 as rs; print([d.get_info(rs.camera_info.name) for d in rs.context().query_devices()])'
Match the --branch tag to the installed runtime (dpkg -l | grep librealsense2).
If the build isn't worth it, CameraDaemon falls back to cv2.VideoCapture(0)
automatically — fine for a plain USB webcam, but note a RealSense exposes its
depth stream at /dev/video0, not RGB, so a real USB cam is the cleaner
fallback. On x86_64 / Ubuntu 22.04+ desktops, pip install pyrealsense2 just works.
Dynamic paths
Every path is derived at runtime — no hard-coded /home/zedx/… anywhere.
Resolution order for BASE_DIR in config.py:
SANAD_PROJECT_ROOTenv var (if set).PROJECT_BASE + PROJECT_NAMEfrom a.envfile inSanad/or its parent.Path(__file__).resolve().parent— auto-detected.
The project runs unchanged from either layout:
- dev:
<anywhere>/Project/Sanad/ - deployed:
/home/unitree/Sanad/
Deployment (workstation → robot)
rsync -av --delete \
--exclude=__pycache__ --exclude=logs --exclude=model --exclude=.git \
/path/to/Sanad/ \
unitree@192.168.123.164:/home/unitree/Sanad/
Then on the robot: Ctrl+C the running main.py and re-run.
Troubleshooting
| Symptom | Fix |
|---|---|
No LowState received in 2s — refusing to replay |
main.py was re-executed as both __main__ and Project.Sanad.main, creating two arm instances. Fix lives in the sys.modules alias at main.py:~50. Restart. |
G1ArmActionClient not available — skipping for SDK actions |
Same duplicate-init issue as above. |
No module named 'Project' in subprocess |
Bootstrap preamble in voice/sanad_voice.py:~30 synthesises the Project.Sanad namespace when run as __main__. |
| Arm jumps at start of JSONL replay | SETTLE_HOLD_SEC (in config/motion_config.json > arm_controller) too low — try 0.7 or 1.0. |
| Record playback silent | audio_mgr.play_wav only routes to G1 DDS if the Unitree SDK is importable; on desktop it falls back to the PulseAudio sink. |
| Live Voice Commands transcript stuck | Deferred trigger was queued but trigger_enabled toggle was off. Toggle on — or the pending-trigger poll now fires it automatically once enabled. |
| Gemini "no audio" on Typed Replay | Non-deterministic; the retry chain in voice/typed_replay.py:generate_audio tries three prompt variants. For reliable TTS, use the offline local_tts SpeechT5 path. |
| Recognition tab: "Camera could not start (no backend)" | No camera backend acquired. Check rs-enumerate-devices (RealSense at OS level) and python3 -c 'import pyrealsense2' in the gemini_sdk env. The glibc ImportError means the pip wheel is incompatible — see "Camera vision on Jetson" above. |
| Camera badge stuck on "reconnecting…" | CameraDaemon lost the device and is retrying with exponential backoff. Re-seat the USB 3 cable; check logs/camera.log for the USB-2.0 warning. |
| Gemini doesn't greet an enrolled face | Face Recognition toggle on? Vision on? (Face rec needs frames.) Check logs/gemini_brain.log for face gallery primed: N person(s). Hit "Sync Gallery" to force a re-prime. |
| Gemini unaware of motion state | The motion.action_* → send_state chain only runs when Live Gemini is up. Check logs/gemini_subprocess.log and logs/gemini_brain.log for STATE injected: lines. |
License / attribution
Internal project for YS Lootah Technology. Reuses/ports patterns from:
G1_Lootah/Manual_Recorder/g1_replay_v4_stable.py(arm replay math)SanadVoice/gemini_interact(arm-phrase dispatch, skill registry)SanadVoice/gemini_voice_v2(local SpeechT5 TTS)Project/Marcus— camera→Gemini stdin-push transport, motion-state injection, camera daemon resilience (auto-reconnect, USB-2.0 warning), and theAPI/camera_api.pycache shape (get_frame_b64/get_fresh_frame).- Unitree
unitree_sdk2py(G1 low-level SDK, LocoClient, G1ArmActionClient)