What is Katena Portal?
Katena Portal is where you prepare, verify and manage everything a session will use, before anyone touches a robot.
A typical demo or event rig has a dozen devices that must all be on the same network, on the same subnet, with the right settings. Many of the steps fail silently: the mocap hub is in the wrong Wi-Fi mode, Axis Studio is not actually broadcasting, or the robot has moved to a new IP address. Katena Portal finds these problems for you, tells you how to fix each one, and keeps the launch button locked until everything is ready.
What you do in Katena Portal
Section titled “What you do in Katena Portal”- Prepare. Install action suites into your Library, add robots, and follow the in-app setup guides for each device.
- Verify. Scan the network, confirm the motion capture stream is arriving, test the connection to the robot, and check the retargeting engine. Each check shows a clear status.
- Manage. Share one Library across your organization, see every station on your team in the Fleet tab, and control who can do what with roles.
Katena Portal and the Arena Runtime
Section titled “Katena Portal and the Arena Runtime”Katena Portal and the Arena Runtime are two separate products:
| Katena Portal | Arena Runtime | |
|---|---|---|
| Job | Prepare and verify | Run live matches |
| Covers | Accounts and teams, Library, Store, rig setup, network checks, Diagnose, Fleet | Match flow, refereeing, hit detection, the broadcast stage |
| When you use it | Before and between sessions, and to launch a setup session | During a live match |
In short: Portal prepares, Runtime executes. You will not find match scoring or referee controls in Katena Portal.
The supported first setup
Section titled “The supported first setup”Today Katena Portal supports one complete rig, end to end:
- PN Link motion capture suit (Noitom), worn by the operator.
- Axis Studio on the workstation, which receives the suit data and broadcasts it.
- Westlake (the GAE client), which retargets the human motion onto the robot.
- Unitree G1 humanoid robot.
The Setup Session wizard checks each of these in order, and the detailed rig setup guides cover each device.
The main tabs
Section titled “The main tabs”When you sign in to the desktop app you see these tabs across the top:
- Library: your installed action suites and the Setup Session wizard.
- Store: browse and get action suites. See Store and Library.
- Fleet: your team’s stations and deployments. See Fleet.
- Motion: the motion capture gateway and clip playback.
- Diagnose: network and data-path checks you can run any time.
- Arena: a preview of the play experience.
The account menu at the top right shows your name and your organization, and has Sign out.
What it does not do yet
Section titled “What it does not do yet”Some things are planned but not available yet, so do not expect them in the app:
- Katena Portal checks that the motion data is flowing, but Axis Studio and Westlake do the actual controlling. Portal does not read gamepads or XR controllers.
- The Arena tab is a preview of the play experience. It does not run live matches; that is the Arena Runtime’s job.