# beam-revival: local Beam+ control from motor protocol research

> beam-revival reconstructs local control of the Suitable Technologies Beam+ telepresence robot after its cloud service ended. Its Python stack implements the documented motor-board serial protocol and provides browser driving, camera video, audio and docking, plus tools to build a bootable USB image.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/vpi/beam-revival>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/vpi/beam-revival/blob/5dc3b6dbbe73427cb1e61e1f53343b140a302afa/docs/motor-protocol.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/beam-revival-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/beam-revival-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/beam-revival-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Beam+ with a working battery, a 16 GB or larger USB stick, and a Linux image-building machine are needed for robot use.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports testing core driving on a real Beam+; AI driving has only been tried in the simulator, and BeamPro is untested.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/vpi/beam-revival/blob/5dc3b6dbbe73427cb1e61e1f53343b140a302afa/docs/motor-protocol.md>
2. <https://github.com/vpi/beam-revival/blob/5dc3b6dbbe73427cb1e61e1f53343b140a302afa/README.md>

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