Custodian droid
A floating armoured custodian whose shell comes apart: armour segments on radial rails that bloom into a corona around a lit chassis, with a gimballed optic behind a bracket cage.
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Drag across it to run the armour out on its rails, or focus it and use the arrow keys. The optic watches you the whole time, and the shell eases back into the behaviour when you let go.
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Theming
Set a role and the same CSS goes in your own app — every robot under it follows.
Install
bunx --bun shadcn@latest add https://robocn.dev/r/custodian-droid.jsonNotes
- Front elevation is the view it is drawn in. Every part is modelled once in world units — across the face, down it, and out of it — and projected, so the tipped cameras show real depth: how far the plates stand off the chassis, the rails between them, the cage standing proud of the lens. In profile and plan the face artwork is edge-on and gone, which is what a face looks like from the side.
- The shell is the mechanism. Each armour segment is a wedge of the casing outline riding its own rail, and the front edge travels further than the back, so opening blooms the corona rather than only dilating it. The lattice on the chassis is lit under the armour and shows through the gaps as the segments part.
- The optic is a body, not a pupil: it yaws and pitches about a pivot behind its own face, so aiming it foreshortens the bezel and slides the glass across the recess. It stays level while the shell rolls with the machine's drift, the way a gimballed optic does.
- Illustrative, not simulated: there is no thrust, mass or repulsor field, the float and roll are drift terms, the rails carry no stroke load, and there is no optics model — no exposure, no focus. Nothing infers state or starts a timer: voice lights cells because it was told to.
- An original archetype — a floating custodian unit — not a character. No franchise name, markings or paint scheme; the defaults are the theme's.
Usage
import { CustodianDroid } from "@/components/ui/custodian-droid"
<CustodianDroid behavior="survey" plates={6} onOpenChange={setOpen} />Props
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | "plan" | "front" | "profile" | "iso" | "front" | Where the camera stands. One droid, four projections: straight down, straight on, side elevation, or three-quarter from above. |
| open | number | — | The shell, 0 seated to 1 run all the way out. Supplying it stops the loop; the rails extend with it either way. |
| behavior | "watch" | "survey" | "alert" | "static" | "watch" | Watch keeps the armour seated and station-keeps; survey runs the shell half out and breathes it; alert throws it wide, floats tight and fast, and talks. |
| speed | number | 0.3 | Cycles per second: one float, one sweep of the room. |
| animate | boolean | true | Off parks the machine at phase and stops rendering. A reduced-motion preference does the same. |
| paused | boolean | false | Freeze where it stands. |
| phase | number | 0 | Seconds of offset, so a row of machines breaks step. |
| interactive | boolean | true | Drag across it to work the shell, or use the arrow keys; Home seats the armour and End runs it wide. Release eases it back into the behaviour. |
| onOpenChange | (open: number) => void | — | The opening a drag or a key moved the shell to, reported in controlled mode too. |
| look | Vec2 | null | null | Controlled optic aim in −1..1; overrides pointer tracking. |
| track | boolean | true | The optic follows the page pointer while look is null. |
| voice | number | — | Lit cells in the ring round the lens, 0–1, filling out from the middle. Omit and the behaviour works it. |
| plates | number | 6 | Armour segments in the shell, clamped to 4–10. The segments are cut from the casing outline, so a higher count is finer armour rather than a bigger machine. |
| variant | "solid" | "outline" | "blueprint" | "wire" | "solid" | How the machine is painted. Geometry never changes between variants. |
| size | "xs" | "sm" | "md" | "lg" | "xl" | number | "md" | Rendered width in pixels, or a step on the scale. |
| showGround | boolean | true | Draw the contact line or shadow beneath the droid. |
| signal | "idle" | "ready" | "warning" | — | Status-lamp state using neutral, accent, or shell colour; each component documents its visual default in the demo. |
| label | string | — | Optional technical caption under the drawing. |
| color | string | var(--robot-shell) | Body panels — the colour the machine reads as. |
| accent | string | var(--robot-accent) | Status colour: tip light, live tool, readouts. |
| metal | string | var(--robot-metal) | Bare machined parts: collars, bolts, tool bodies. |
| dark | string | var(--robot-dark) | Cast joints, base, shadow side. |
| palette | Partial<RobotPalette> | — | Override any subset of roles at once, including glow and grid. |
Source
src/components/ui/custodian-droid.tsx
"use client"
/**
* custodian-droid — a floating armoured custodian.
*
* No limbs, no wheels, no rotor: a rounded casing hanging in the air with one
* deep-set optic on its face. The mechanism is the casing itself. The armour is
* a ring of segments riding radial rails over a lit chassis, and one `open`
* number runs every one of them out into a corona — the front edge travelling
* further than the back, so the shell blooms rather than merely dilating, and
* the rail that carries each plate showing as a strut that lengthens.
*
* Everything is modelled once in world units — `x` across the face, `y` down
* it, `z` out of it toward the room — and projected, so there is no second
* drawing for any camera. The shell rolls with the machine's drift; the optic
* is gimballed and stays level, which is what makes it read as floating.
*
* Design note: docs/custodian-droid.md.
*/
import * as React from "react"
import { usePointerTarget } from "@/hooks/use-pointer-target"
import { arrowStep, useRobotDrag, useRobotScalar } from "@/hooks/use-robot-motion"
import { clamp, toRadians, type Vec2 } from "@/lib/robocn/kinematics"
import {
capsulePath,
px,
resolveRobotPalette,
resolveRobotSize,
robotCamera,
robotSurface,
type RobotPaletteProps,
type RobotSize,
type RobotVariant,
type RobotView,
} from "@/lib/robocn/style"
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
export type CustodianDroidBehavior = "watch" | "survey" | "alert" | "static"
/** The droid is drawn straight on; that is the camera it defaults to. */
const NATIVE_VIEW: RobotView = "front"
const VIEW_WIDTH = 200
const VIEW_HEIGHT = 210
/** The optical axis at rest, in view units. */
const ORIGIN = { x: 100, y: 94 }
/* Everything below is in world units about the optical axis:
`x` across the face, `y` *down* it, `z` out of it toward the room. */
/** The casing outline the armour segments are cut from. */
const CASE_HALF_W = 62
const CASE_HALF_H = 49
const CASE_RADIUS = 20
const CASE_FRONT = 38
const CASE_BACK = -42
/** Where the armour ring starts, outside the optic recess. */
const R_INNER = 34
/** Travel at the front and back edges: the difference is the bloom. */
const TRAVEL_FRONT = 22
const TRAVEL_BACK = 12
/** Degrees of gap left between neighbouring segments when they are seated. */
const SEAM = 1.1
/** The corner break: how far the outermost rim of a solid sits inside the body
* behind it, and how deep that chamfer runs. A casing with square rims reads
* as a slab from the side; this is what keeps it a rounded cube. */
const CHAMFER = 0.9
const CHAMFER_Z = 9
/** The chassis the armour stands off, and the lattice lit on its face. */
const CORE_HALF_W = 50
const CORE_HALF_H = 40
const CORE_RADIUS = 16
const CORE_FRONT = 30
const CORE_BACK = -36
const LATTICE_INNER = 35
const LATTICE_OUTER = 47
const LATTICE_RIBS = 24
/** The rail each segment rides, rooted inside the chassis. */
const RAIL_ROOT = 30
/** The optic recess, and the gimballed cell inside it. */
const BORE = 23
const PIVOT_Z = CORE_FRONT - 20
const BEZEL_OUTER = 19
const BEZEL_BORE = 15
const BEZEL_BACK = 6
const BEZEL_FRONT = 16
const GLASS_PLANE = 17
const GLASS_RADIUS = 14
const PUPIL_PLANE = 17.6
const PUPIL_RADIUS = 6.5
const PAN_LIMIT = 18
const TILT_LIMIT = 13
/** The ring of voice cells round the lens, inside the recess. */
const RING_RADIUS = 18
const RING_CELLS = 12
/** The bracket cage: three arms off the face to a ring standing proud of it. */
const CAGE_ROOT = 30
const CAGE_RING = 15
const CAGE_PROUD = 16
const CAGE_ARMS = [90, 210, 330] as const
/** How far the lower arm is drawn down past the shell, as a keel. */
const PRONG = 44
/** Where the deck is, and how far the machine floats off it. */
const GROUND = 78
const RISE = 12
/** Opening units per second while the shell eases back into its behaviour. */
const OPEN_RATE = 1.1
const ARC_STEPS = 7
const RING_STEPS = 28
/** How far the camera pulls back so the machine still fits the frame. */
const fits: Record<RobotView, number> = { plan: 0.94, front: 1, profile: 1, iso: 0.92 }
const viewNames: Record<RobotView, string> = {
plan: "plan view",
front: "front elevation",
profile: "side elevation",
iso: "isometric view",
}
export interface CustodianDroidProps
extends Omit<React.ComponentProps<"svg">, "color">,
RobotPaletteProps {
size?: RobotSize | number
variant?: RobotVariant
/** Where the camera stands. One droid, four projections. */
view?: RobotView
/** The shell, 0 seated to 1 run all the way out. Supplying it stops the loop. */
open?: number
/** What it does when `open` is not supplied. */
behavior?: CustodianDroidBehavior
/** Cycles per second: one float, one sweep of the room. */
speed?: number
animate?: boolean
paused?: boolean
/** Seconds of offset, so a pair of them breaks step. */
phase?: number
/** Drag across it to work the shell, or use the arrow keys. */
interactive?: boolean
onOpenChange?: (open: number) => void
/** Controlled optic aim in −1..1; overrides pointer tracking. */
look?: Vec2 | null
/** The optic follows the page pointer while `look` is null. */
track?: boolean
/** Lit cells in the ring round the lens, 0..1. Omit and the behaviour works it. */
voice?: number
/** Armour segments in the shell, 4–10. */
plates?: number
signal?: "idle" | "ready" | "warning"
showGround?: boolean
label?: string
}
function CustodianDroid({
size = "md",
variant = "solid",
view = NATIVE_VIEW,
open,
behavior = "watch",
speed = 0.3,
animate = true,
paused = false,
phase = 0,
interactive = true,
onOpenChange,
look = null,
track = true,
voice,
plates = 6,
signal = "ready",
showGround = true,
label,
color,
accent,
metal,
dark,
glow,
grid,
palette: paletteOverride,
className,
style,
role,
tabIndex,
onKeyDown,
onBlur,
...props
}: CustodianDroidProps) {
const controlled = open !== undefined
const svgRef = React.useRef<SVGSVGElement>(null)
const [held, setHeld] = React.useState<number | null>(null)
const hold = controlled ? finiteClamp(open, 0, 1, 0.5) : held
const goal = React.useCallback(
(clock: number) => custodianDroidPose(behavior, clock).open,
[behavior],
)
const motion = useRobotScalar(goal, {
rate: OPEN_RATE,
hold,
speed,
paused,
phase,
animate: animate && !controlled && behavior !== "static",
})
const spread = finiteClamp(motion.value, 0, 1, 0.5)
const scripted = custodianDroidPose(behavior, motion.clock)
const lift = clamp(scripted.lift, 0, 1)
const roll = clamp(scripted.roll, -1, 1) * 7
const talk = finiteClamp(voice ?? scripted.voice, 0, 1, 0)
const apply = React.useCallback(
(next: number) => {
const bounded = round3(clamp(next, 0, 1))
setHeld(bounded)
onOpenChange?.(bounded)
},
[onOpenChange],
)
const dragging = useRobotDrag(svgRef, {
enabled: interactive,
// Across the box is the whole stroke: pull it open, push it shut.
onDrag: React.useCallback((unit: Vec2) => apply((unit.x - 0.08) / 0.84), [apply]),
onDragEnd: React.useCallback(() => setHeld(null), []),
})
const pointer = usePointerTarget(svgRef, {
enabled: track && !look,
within: "window",
persist: true,
toWorld: React.useCallback(
(unit: Vec2) => ({
x: clamp((unit.x - 0.5) * 2, -1, 1),
y: clamp((unit.y - 0.5) * 2, -1, 1),
}),
[],
),
})
const gaze = look ?? pointer.target ?? { x: 0, y: 0 }
const pan = clamp(finite(gaze.x), -1, 1) * PAN_LIMIT
const tilt = -clamp(finite(gaze.y), -1, 1) * TILT_LIMIT
const segments = Math.round(finiteClamp(plates, 4, 10, 6))
const palette = resolveRobotPalette({ color, accent, metal, dark, glow, grid, palette: paletteOverride })
const width = resolveRobotSize(size)
const shell = robotSurface("shell", variant, palette)
const machined = robotSurface("metal", variant, palette)
const cast = robotSurface("dark", variant, palette)
const signalColor =
signal === "warning" ? palette.shell : signal === "ready" ? palette.accent : palette.metal
/* -------------------------------------------------------------- camera */
const camera = robotCamera(view)
const hover = -lift * RISE
/** A point on the machine, carried by the float. */
const at = (x: number, y: number, z = 0): Vec2 => {
const point = camera.project(-x, -(y + hover), -z)
return { x: ORIGIN.x + point.x, y: ORIGIN.y + point.y }
}
/** The same point on the deck, which does not float. */
const atDeck = (x: number, y: number, z = 0): Vec2 => {
const point = camera.project(-x, -y, -z)
return { x: ORIGIN.x + point.x, y: ORIGIN.y + point.y }
}
const towardCamera = (x: number, y: number, z: number) => camera.depth(-x, -(y + hover), -z)
/** True while there is a face to see: the front elevation and the isometric. */
const faceVisible = towardCamera(0, 0, 1) > towardCamera(0, 0, 0)
/**
* The affine map from flat artwork on a plane `z` out of the face onto the
* screen. Panel coordinates are the artwork's own — x across, y down — so a
* grid of cells or a run of grooves is drawn once and comes out skewed
* correctly from every camera that can see it.
*/
const facePlane = (z: number) => {
const base = at(0, 0, z)
const ex = at(1, 0, z)
const ey = at(0, 1, z)
return `matrix(${px(ex.x - base.x)} ${px(ex.y - base.y)} ${px(ey.x - base.x)} ${px(ey.y - base.y)} ${px(base.x)} ${px(base.y)})`
}
/**
* A solid: a stack of cross-sections pushed out of the face, walled with the
* quad strip between each neighbouring pair. Stacking rims rather than
* extruding one is what breaks the corner back: the outermost rim of a
* casing sits inside the one behind it, so the block reads as a rounded cube
* from every camera instead of a slab with sharp rims.
*/
const prism = (rims: readonly { outline: readonly Vec2[]; z: number }[]) => {
const rings = rims.map((rim) => rim.outline.map((p) => at(p.x, p.y, rim.z)))
const wall: string[] = []
for (let index = 0; index < rings.length - 1; index += 1) {
const near = rings[index]
const far = rings[index + 1]
for (let step = 0; step < near.length; step += 1) {
const next = (step + 1) % near.length
// Wound the same way every time: a camera that folds the section onto
// itself makes neighbouring quads overlap, and opposite windings would
// cancel each other out under the nonzero fill rule.
wall.push(facePath([near[step], near[next], far[next], far[step]]))
}
}
return {
face: polygonPath(rings[0]),
rear: polygonPath(rings[rings.length - 1]),
wall: wall.join(" "),
// Every rim as one stroke-only path: the corner break and the seams
// between neighbouring parts are the only thing a side elevation has.
rims: rings.map((ring) => polygonPath(ring)).join(" "),
}
}
/* --------------------------------------------------------------- shell */
const armour = Array.from({ length: segments }, (_, index) => {
const centre = roll + (index * 360) / segments
const half = 180 / segments - SEAM
const push = polar(centre, 1)
const shift = (outline: readonly Vec2[], distance: number) =>
outline.map((p) => ({ x: p.x + push.x * distance, y: p.y + push.y * distance }))
const full = wedgeOutline(centre, half, 1)
const broken = wedgeOutline(centre, half, CHAMFER)
const front = shift(full, spread * TRAVEL_FRONT)
const back = shift(full, spread * TRAVEL_BACK)
const rims = [
{ outline: shift(broken, spread * TRAVEL_FRONT), z: CASE_FRONT },
{ outline: front, z: CASE_FRONT - CHAMFER_Z },
{ outline: back, z: CASE_BACK + CHAMFER_Z },
{ outline: shift(broken, spread * TRAVEL_BACK), z: CASE_BACK },
]
// The rail: rooted in the chassis, out to the plate it carries.
const travel = (spread * (TRAVEL_FRONT + TRAVEL_BACK)) / 2
const rail = capsulePath(
at(push.x * RAIL_ROOT, push.y * RAIL_ROOT, 0),
at(push.x * (R_INNER + travel + 3), push.y * (R_INNER + travel + 3), 0),
2.4,
)
// One groove run parallel to the outer edge — a fraction of the casing's
// own reach on each bearing, so it never runs off the plate it belongs to
// — and a bolt at each end of it. Two marks: armour, not quilting.
const seamAngle = (t: number) => centre - half * 0.66 + t * half * 1.32
const seamPoint = (t: number, depth: number) => {
const angle = seamAngle(t)
const radius =
R_INNER + (casingRadius(angle) * CHAMFER - R_INNER) * depth + spread * TRAVEL_FRONT
const point = polar(angle, radius)
return at(point.x, point.y, CASE_FRONT)
}
const grooves = [
polylinePath(
Array.from({ length: ARC_STEPS }, (_, step) => seamPoint(step / (ARC_STEPS - 1), 0.62)),
),
]
const bolts = [0.08, 0.92].map((t) => seamPoint(t, 0.24))
// Where the plate sits on its own bearing, at the face it presents. The
// shell is a ring nested round the chassis, so this is what decides which
// half of it the chassis is behind — and in the front elevation it puts
// every plate in front of the chassis, which is where they stand.
const middle = (R_INNER + travel + casingRadius(centre) + spread * TRAVEL_FRONT) / 2
return {
index,
depth: towardCamera(push.x * middle, push.y * middle, CASE_FRONT),
...prism(rims),
rail,
grooves,
bolts,
}
})
const coreOutline = rectOutline(CORE_HALF_W, CORE_HALF_H, CORE_RADIUS)
const coreBroken = rectOutline(
CORE_HALF_W * CHAMFER,
CORE_HALF_H * CHAMFER,
CORE_RADIUS * CHAMFER,
)
const chassis = prism([
{ outline: coreBroken, z: CORE_FRONT },
{ outline: coreOutline, z: CORE_FRONT - CHAMFER_Z },
{ outline: coreOutline, z: CORE_BACK + CHAMFER_Z },
{ outline: coreBroken, z: CORE_BACK },
])
const coreDepth = towardCamera(0, 0, CORE_FRONT)
/* --------------------------------------------------------------- optic */
// The cell frame: `axis` out of the lens, `across` horizontal in the cell,
// `up` completing it. `across` ignores the tilt, which is what makes the
// trunnion line the tilt axis rather than ornament.
const yaw = toRadians(pan)
const pitch = toRadians(tilt)
const axis = {
x: Math.cos(pitch) * Math.sin(yaw),
y: -Math.sin(pitch),
z: Math.cos(pitch) * Math.cos(yaw),
}
const across = { x: Math.cos(yaw), y: 0, z: -Math.sin(yaw) }
const up = {
x: Math.sin(pitch) * Math.sin(yaw),
y: -Math.cos(pitch),
z: Math.sin(pitch) * Math.cos(yaw),
}
/** A point in the cell: `a` across it, `b` down it, `d` along its axis. */
const cellAt = (a: number, b: number, d: number) =>
at(
across.x * a + up.x * b + axis.x * d,
across.y * a + up.y * b + axis.y * d,
PIVOT_Z + across.z * a + up.z * b + axis.z * d,
)
/** A disc in the cell's own plane, sampled ready to draw. */
const disc = (radius: number, d: number) =>
Array.from({ length: RING_STEPS }, (_, step) => {
const angle = (step / RING_STEPS) * Math.PI * 2
return cellAt(Math.cos(angle) * radius, Math.sin(angle) * radius, d)
})
const barrel = polygonPath([...disc(BEZEL_OUTER, BEZEL_BACK), ...disc(BEZEL_OUTER, BEZEL_FRONT).reverse()])
const bezel = polygonPath(disc(BEZEL_OUTER, BEZEL_FRONT))
const tube = polygonPath(disc(BEZEL_BORE, BEZEL_FRONT - 1))
const glass = polygonPath(disc(GLASS_RADIUS, GLASS_PLANE))
const pupil = polygonPath(disc(PUPIL_RADIUS, PUPIL_PLANE))
const spark = polygonPath(
Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, step) => {
const angle = (step / 10) * Math.PI * 2
return cellAt(-3.4 + Math.cos(angle) * 2.2, -3.4 + Math.sin(angle) * 2.2, PUPIL_PLANE + 0.3)
}),
)
const cells = Array.from({ length: RING_CELLS }, (_, index) => {
const centre = (index * 360) / RING_CELLS - 90
const half = 180 / RING_CELLS - 3
const corners = [
polar(centre - half, RING_RADIUS - 2.4),
polar(centre + half, RING_RADIUS - 2.4),
polar(centre + half, RING_RADIUS + 2.4),
polar(centre - half, RING_RADIUS + 2.4),
].map((p) => at(p.x, p.y, CORE_FRONT + 0.4))
// Cells light out from the top of the ring, so quiet speech is a flicker.
const bright = Math.abs(((index + 0.5) / RING_CELLS) - 0.5) * 2 < talk
return { index, path: polygonPath(corners), lit: bright }
})
const cage = CAGE_ARMS.map((angle, index) => {
const root = polar(angle, CAGE_ROOT)
const hub = polar(angle, CAGE_RING)
return {
index,
path: capsulePath(
at(root.x, root.y, CORE_FRONT),
at(hub.x, hub.y, CORE_FRONT + CAGE_PROUD),
2.3,
),
}
})
const cageRing = polygonPath(
Array.from({ length: RING_STEPS }, (_, step) => {
const angle = (step / RING_STEPS) * 360
const point = polar(angle, CAGE_RING)
return at(point.x, point.y, CORE_FRONT + CAGE_PROUD)
}),
)
const keel = capsulePath(
at(0, CAGE_ROOT, CORE_FRONT),
at(0, PRONG, CORE_FRONT + 3),
2.2,
)
/** The cage stands proud of the face; that is where the assembly sits. */
const opticDepth = towardCamera(0, 0, CORE_FRONT + CAGE_PROUD)
/** The optic recess, cut into the chassis face, and its machined rim. */
const boreRing = (z: number) =>
Array.from({ length: RING_STEPS }, (_, step) => {
const point = polar((step / RING_STEPS) * 360, BORE)
return at(point.x, point.y, z)
})
const bore = polygonPath(boreRing(CORE_FRONT - 1))
const boreRim = polygonPath(boreRing(CORE_FRONT))
const lamp = at(0, -(BORE + 5), CORE_FRONT)
// The lattice is lit on the chassis face, out to the chassis's own edge on
// each bearing — it is under the armour, and the gaps are what let it out.
const lattice = Array.from({ length: LATTICE_RIBS }, (_, index) => {
const angle = (index * 360) / LATTICE_RIBS
const reach = Math.min(
LATTICE_OUTER,
outlineRadius(angle, CORE_HALF_W, CORE_HALF_H, CORE_RADIUS) - 4,
// Never past the armour: what is lit is what the segments have uncovered.
R_INNER + spread * TRAVEL_FRONT,
)
const inner = polar(angle, LATTICE_INNER)
const outer = polar(angle, reach)
return reach <= LATTICE_INNER + 2
? ""
: polylinePath([at(inner.x, inner.y, CORE_FRONT), at(outer.x, outer.y, CORE_FRONT)])
})
const shadow = polygonPath(
Array.from({ length: RING_STEPS }, (_, step) => {
const angle = (step / RING_STEPS) * Math.PI * 2
return atDeck(Math.cos(angle) * (34 + lift * 10), GROUND, Math.sin(angle) * (34 + lift * 10))
}),
)
/* ----------------------------------------------------------- draw order */
const core = (
<g data-core key="core">
<path d={chassis.rear} {...cast} />
<path d={chassis.wall} {...cast} />
<path d={chassis.rims} fill="none" stroke={palette.metal} strokeWidth={0.6} opacity={0.25} />
<path d={chassis.face} {...cast} />
{faceVisible && (
<>
{/* The lattice is lit on the chassis, under the armour: the gaps
between the segments are what let it out. */}
<g data-lattice fill="none" stroke={palette.glow} strokeWidth={1.1} opacity={px(0.16 + spread * 0.64)}>
{lattice.map((rib, index) => (
<path key={index} d={rib} />
))}
</g>
<g transform={facePlane(CORE_FRONT + 0.2)} fill="none" stroke={palette.dark} strokeWidth={0.9} opacity={0.5}>
<circle r={R_INNER - 2} />
</g>
<path d={bore} fill={palette.dark} opacity={0.95} />
<path d={boreRim} fill="none" stroke={palette.metal} strokeWidth={1.6} opacity={0.8} />
<g data-ring>
{cells.map((cell) => (
<path
key={cell.index}
data-cell={cell.index}
data-lit={cell.lit ? "" : undefined}
d={cell.path}
fill={cell.lit ? signalColor : palette.metal}
opacity={cell.lit ? 1 : 0.45}
/>
))}
</g>
<circle
cx={px(lamp.x)}
cy={px(lamp.y)}
r={2.6}
fill={signalColor}
className={signal === "ready" ? "robocn-pulse" : undefined}
/>
</>
)}
</g>
)
const optic = (
<g key="optic">
<g data-optic>
<path data-barrel d={barrel} {...machined} />
<path d={bezel} {...machined} />
<path d={tube} fill={palette.dark} />
<path
data-lens
d={glass}
fill={palette.accent}
fillOpacity={variant === "solid" ? 0.55 : 0.3}
stroke={palette.metal}
strokeWidth={1}
/>
<path d={pupil} fill={palette.glow} opacity={0.95} />
<path d={spark} fill={palette.foreground} opacity={0.35} />
</g>
<g data-cage>
{cage.map((arm) => (
<path key={arm.index} data-arm={arm.index} d={arm.path} {...machined} />
))}
<path d={keel} {...machined} />
<path d={cageRing} fill="none" stroke={palette.metal} strokeWidth={2.2} />
</g>
</g>
)
const order = [
...armour.map((plate) => ({
depth: plate.depth,
node: (
<g data-shell key={`plate-${plate.index}`}>
<Plate plate={plate} shell={shell} cast={cast} machined={machined} palette={palette} variant={variant} />
</g>
),
})),
{ depth: coreDepth, node: core },
{ depth: opticDepth, node: optic },
].sort((a, b) => a.depth - b.depth)
const state = dragging
? "worked by hand"
: behavior === "static"
? "parked"
: behavior === "alert"
? "on alert"
: behavior === "survey"
? "surveying"
: "watching"
const readout = Math.round(spread * 100)
const fit = fits[view] ?? 1
return (
<svg
ref={svgRef}
role={role ?? (interactive ? "slider" : "img")}
aria-label={`Custodian droid, ${state}, shell open ${readout} percent, ${viewNames[view] ?? viewNames.front}`}
aria-valuemin={interactive ? 0 : undefined}
aria-valuemax={interactive ? 100 : undefined}
aria-valuenow={interactive ? readout : undefined}
aria-valuetext={interactive ? `${readout} percent open` : undefined}
tabIndex={tabIndex ?? (interactive ? 0 : undefined)}
viewBox={`0 0 ${VIEW_WIDTH} ${VIEW_HEIGHT}`}
width={width}
height={px((width * VIEW_HEIGHT) / VIEW_WIDTH)}
className={cn(
"max-w-full select-none",
interactive &&
"cursor-grab touch-none focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-4 focus-visible:outline-[currentColor]",
dragging && "cursor-grabbing",
className,
)}
style={{ color: palette.foreground, ...style }}
onKeyDown={(event) => {
onKeyDown?.(event)
if (!interactive || event.defaultPrevented) return
const delta = arrowStep(event.key, event.shiftKey ? 0.25 : 0.1, 0.25)
if (delta !== 0) apply(spread + delta)
else if (event.key === "Home") apply(0)
else if (event.key === "End") apply(1)
else return
event.preventDefault()
}}
onBlur={(event) => {
onBlur?.(event)
if (!dragging) setHeld(null)
}}
{...props}
>
{variant === "blueprint" && (
<g fill="none" stroke={palette.grid} strokeWidth={0.5} opacity={0.45}>
<path
d={`M 12 ${px(ORIGIN.y)} H 188 M ${ORIGIN.x} 12 V ${VIEW_HEIGHT - 14}`}
strokeDasharray="2 3"
/>
<circle
cx={ORIGIN.x}
cy={px(ORIGIN.y + hover)}
r={px(R_INNER + TRAVEL_FRONT + 30)}
strokeDasharray="4 3"
/>
</g>
)}
<g transform={fit === 1 ? undefined : `translate(${ORIGIN.x} ${ORIGIN.y}) scale(${fit}) translate(${-ORIGIN.x} ${-ORIGIN.y})`}>
{showGround && (
<path data-contact d={shadow} fill={palette.dark} opacity={px(0.2 - lift * 0.08)} />
)}
<g data-custodian data-view={view}>
{/* Painter's order: every part sorted by its own nearest corner, so
the armour passes in front of the chassis from one camera and
behind it from another without a second drawing. */}
{order.map((part) => part.node)}
</g>
</g>
{label && (
<text
x={ORIGIN.x}
y={VIEW_HEIGHT - 6}
textAnchor="middle"
fontFamily="ui-monospace, monospace"
fontSize={6}
fill={palette.foreground}
>
{label}
</text>
)}
</svg>
)
}
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ parts */
interface PlateArt {
index: number
depth: number
face: string
rear: string
wall: string
rims: string
rail: string
grooves: string[]
bolts: Vec2[]
}
/** One armour segment: the rail it rides, then the plate itself. */
function Plate({
plate,
shell,
cast,
machined,
palette,
variant,
}: {
plate: PlateArt
shell: React.SVGProps<SVGPathElement>
cast: React.SVGProps<SVGPathElement>
machined: React.SVGProps<SVGPathElement>
palette: { dark: string }
variant: RobotVariant
}) {
return (
<g key={plate.index}>
<path data-rail={plate.index} d={plate.rail} {...machined} />
<path d={plate.rear} {...cast} />
{/* The side wall is a strip of real faces; only its rims are edges, so
it is filled once, shaded once, and never stroked quad by quad. */}
<path d={plate.wall} fill={shell.fill} fillOpacity={shell.fillOpacity} stroke="none" />
{variant === "solid" && <path d={plate.wall} fill={palette.dark} opacity={0.16} stroke="none" />}
<path d={plate.rims} fill="none" stroke={shell.stroke} strokeWidth={0.6} opacity={0.7} />
<path data-plate={plate.index} d={plate.face} {...shell} />
<g fill="none" stroke={palette.dark} strokeWidth={1} opacity={variant === "solid" ? 0.55 : 0.3}>
{plate.grooves.map((groove, index) => (
<path key={index} d={groove} />
))}
</g>
{plate.bolts.map((bolt, index) => (
<circle key={index} cx={px(bolt.x)} cy={px(bolt.y)} r={1.4} fill={palette.dark} opacity={0.55} />
))}
</g>
)
}
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ maths */
const finite = (value: number, fallback = 0) => (Number.isFinite(value) ? value : fallback)
const finiteClamp = (value: number, min: number, max: number, fallback: number) =>
Number.isFinite(value) ? clamp(value, min, max) : fallback
const round3 = (value: number) => Number(value.toFixed(3))
const polar = (degrees: number, radius: number): Vec2 => ({
x: Math.cos(toRadians(degrees)) * radius,
y: Math.sin(toRadians(degrees)) * radius,
})
/** A quad wound so it always fills, whichever way the camera folded it. */
const facePath = (points: readonly Vec2[]) => {
let area = 0
for (let index = 0; index < points.length; index += 1) {
const a = points[index]
const b = points[(index + 1) % points.length]
area += a.x * b.y - b.x * a.y
}
return polygonPath(area < 0 ? [...points].reverse() : points)
}
const polygonPath = (points: readonly Vec2[]) =>
points.length < 3
? ""
: `${points.map((p, i) => `${i ? "L" : "M"} ${px(p.x)} ${px(p.y)}`).join(" ")} Z`
const polylinePath = (points: readonly Vec2[]) =>
points.length < 2
? ""
: points.map((p, i) => `${i ? "L" : "M"} ${px(p.x)} ${px(p.y)}`).join(" ")
/**
* How far the casing outline stands from the optical axis along one bearing.
* The outline is a rounded rectangle — the rectangle of half extents
* `(w - r, h - r)` grown by `r` — so the boundary is where the distance from
* that inner rectangle is exactly `r`, which bisects cleanly and lands on the
* same number in Node and in the browser.
*/
function outlineRadius(
degrees: number,
halfWidth: number,
halfHeight: number,
radius: number,
): number {
const direction = polar(degrees, 1)
const innerW = halfWidth - radius
const innerH = halfHeight - radius
const outside = (t: number) => {
const x = Math.max(Math.abs(direction.x * t) - innerW, 0)
const y = Math.max(Math.abs(direction.y * t) - innerH, 0)
return Math.hypot(x, y) - radius
}
let low = 0
let high = Math.hypot(halfWidth, halfHeight) + radius
for (let step = 0; step < 24; step += 1) {
const mid = (low + high) / 2
if (outside(mid) > 0) high = mid
else low = mid
}
return (low + high) / 2
}
/** The casing's own reach on one bearing. */
const casingRadius = (degrees: number) =>
outlineRadius(degrees, CASE_HALF_W, CASE_HALF_H, CASE_RADIUS)
/**
* One armour segment's cross-section, in the face plane: the casing outline
* across its own bearing, closed back along the inner arc. The segments *are*
* the casing, so the outer edge is sampled from the outline rather than drawn
* as its own shape.
*/
function wedgeOutline(centre: number, half: number, outerScale: number): Vec2[] {
const steps = Math.max(4, Math.round(half / 5) + 3)
const outer = Array.from({ length: steps }, (_, step) => {
const angle = centre - half + (step * half * 2) / (steps - 1)
return polar(angle, casingRadius(angle) * outerScale)
})
const inner = Array.from({ length: steps }, (_, step) => {
const angle = centre + half - (step * half * 2) / (steps - 1)
return polar(angle, R_INNER)
})
return [...outer, ...inner]
}
/** A rounded rectangle about the optical axis, sampled for projection. */
function rectOutline(halfWidth: number, halfHeight: number, radius: number): Vec2[] {
const r = Math.max(0, Math.min(radius, halfWidth, halfHeight))
const corners: Vec2[] = [
{ x: halfWidth - r, y: -(halfHeight - r) },
{ x: halfWidth - r, y: halfHeight - r },
{ x: -(halfWidth - r), y: halfHeight - r },
{ x: -(halfWidth - r), y: -(halfHeight - r) },
]
if (r === 0) return corners
return corners.flatMap((corner, index) =>
Array.from({ length: 4 }, (_, step) => {
const angle = toRadians(index * 90 - 90 + (step * 90) / 3)
return { x: corner.x + Math.cos(angle) * r, y: corner.y + Math.sin(angle) * r }
}),
)
}
export { CustodianDroid }
/**
* What it does with nothing on it. `open` is the shell the loop eases toward,
* `lift` the float off the deck, `roll` the drift the shell turns through under
* its own stabilized optic, and `voice` the ring output. All illustrative:
* there is no thrust, no mass and no stroke load here.
*/
export function custodianDroidPose(behavior: CustodianDroidBehavior, clock: number) {
const time = Number.isFinite(clock) ? clock : 0
switch (behavior) {
// Half open and breathing, turning through the room as it goes.
case "survey":
return {
open: 0.5 + 0.16 * Math.sin(time * Math.PI * 2),
lift: 0.6 + 0.16 * Math.sin(time * Math.PI * 1.4),
roll: 0.7 * Math.sin(time * Math.PI * 0.5),
voice: 0,
}
// Shell thrown wide, tight fast float, talking.
case "alert":
return {
open: 0.86 + 0.1 * Math.sin(time * Math.PI * 6),
lift: 0.82 + 0.06 * Math.sin(time * Math.PI * 5),
roll: 0.25 * Math.sin(time * Math.PI * 3),
voice: 0.5 + 0.45 * Math.sin(time * 11),
}
case "static":
return { open: 0.35, lift: 0.5, roll: 0, voice: 0 }
// Armour seated, station-keeping, drifting round a bearing it never holds.
default:
return {
open: 0.06 + 0.05 * Math.sin(time * Math.PI * 2),
lift: 0.5 + 0.18 * Math.sin(time * Math.PI * 1.1),
roll: 0.45 * Math.sin(time * Math.PI * 0.37),
voice: 0,
}
}
}