You should be able to take most of the information from
dev.roboteq.com/dev1/robotics-motion-con...-design-instructions
The AX2500 would be the recommended choice but you may be able to use a lower power product depending on your actual motor's consumption and robotweight.
You may consider using a low cost Atom motherboard on the robot side.
On the operator side, our free Roborun utility will accept a USB joystick.