Alpha V1 was designed to provide robot builder a high quality remote controller while being open-source and Arduino compatible.
We used to build many robots during our university years and not having an open source remote controller was always a limiting factor. At the time we were building unique remote controllers for each project and looking back we should have just built one remote controller for all of our projects.
Years later, we are doing it. We have implemented many features to make customization easy and code-free so that everyone can tailor Alpha V1 to work best with their projects. We will be crowdfunding soon, but we are still getting comments on the design and features.