robot_MCP vs filesystem

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	robot_MCP by IliaLarchenko	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 78	★ 85,748
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Score	42	77
Official	—	✓
Categories	AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsOther	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	9 mo ago	this month

robot_MCP · Summary

MCP server for controlling SO-ARM100 robots through LLM agents with manual keyboard control option.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

robot_MCP · Use cases

Enabling AI agents to control robots through natural language commands
Providing manual robot control via keyboard interface
Creating multimodal AI applications with robot vision capabilities

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

robot_MCP · Install

Installation

Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # or .venv\Scripts\activate on Windows

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Update config.py with your robot connection parameters

For Claude Desktop, add to your configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "SO-ARM100 robot controller": {
      "command": "/path/to/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["/path/to/mcp_robot_server.py"]
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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