Artoo

http://artoo.io/

Artoo is a micro-framework for robotics using Ruby.

Artoo provides a simple, yet powerful domain-specific language (DSL) for robotics and physical computing.

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Examples:

Basic

Arduino with an LED and a button, using the Firmata protocol.

require 'artoo'

connection :arduino, :adaptor => :firmata, :port => '/dev/tty.usbmodemxxxxx'
device :led, :driver => :led, :pin => 13
device :button, :driver => :button, :pin => 2

work do
  on button, :push => proc {led.toggle}
end

Parrot ARDrone 2.0

require 'artoo'

connection :ardrone, :adaptor => :ardrone
device :drone, :driver => :ardrone

work do
  drone.start
  drone.take_off

  after(25.seconds) { drone.hover.land }
  after(30.seconds) { drone.stop }
end

Modular

You can also write more modular class-oriented code, that allows you to control swarms of robots:

require 'artoo/robot'

SPHEROS = ["4567", "4568", "4569", "4570", "4571"]

class SpheroRobot < Artoo::Robot
  connection :sphero, :adaptor => :sphero
  device :sphero, :driver => :sphero

  work do
    every(3.seconds) do
      sphero.roll 90, rand(360)
    end
  end
end

robots = []
SPHEROS.each {|p|
  robots << SpheroRobot.new(:connections => 
                              {:sphero => 
                                {:port => p}})
}

SpheroRobot.work!(robots)

Ruby versions supported: Ruby 2.0, Ruby 1.9.3, JRuby 1.7.4, and Rubinius 2.0-rc1

Artoo is conceptualy influenced by Sinatra as well as borrowing some code from it.

Artoo provides a robust actor-based messaging architecture, that can support fully multi-threaded operation and high-concurrency, as long as it is supported by the Ruby version in which it is executing. This means you will need to use JRuby or Rubinius for maximum concurrency.

To a large extent, this is due to being built on top of Celluloid, Celluloid::IO, and Reel.

Hardware support:

Artoo has a extensible system for connecting to hardware devices. The following robotics and physical computing platforms are currently supported:

More platforms are coming soon!

Do you have some hardware that is not yet supported by Artoo? We want to help you, help us, help them! Get in touch...

Getting Started:

Installation

gem install artoo

Then install the gems required by the hardware you want to use. For example, if you wanted to integrate a Wiiclassic controller connected to an Arduino to fly your ARDrone:

gem install artoo-arduino
gem install artoo-ardrone

If you will be using socket to serial commuication (required if you will use JRuby or Rubinius), you are ready to start programming your hardware.

If you want to connect via serial port directly, and are using MRI, install the hybridgroup-serialport gem:

gem install hybridgroup-serialport

Writing your robot code:

Now you are ready to write your own code. Take a look at the examples directory for a whole bunch of code you can use to help get started. We recommend using TDR (Test-Driven Robotics) with your preferred test frameworks.

Running your robot:

ruby myrobot.rb

API:

Artoo includes a RESTful API to query the status of any robot running within a group, including the connection and device status, and device streaming data via websockets.

To activate the API, use the api command like this:

require 'artoo'

connection :loop
device :passthru
api :host => '127.0.0.1', :port => '4321'

work do
  puts "Hello from the API running at #{api_host}:#{api_port}..."
end

Once the robot or group is working, you can view the main API page at the host and port specified.

Test-Driven Robotics:

Artoo makes it easy to do Test Driven Development (TDD) of your robotic devices using your favorite Ruby test and mocking frameworks.

Here is an example that uses Minitest and Mocha:

describe 'sphero' do
  let(:robot) { Artoo::MainRobot.new }

  it 'has work to do every 3 seconds' do
    robot.work

    robot.has_work?(:every, 3.seconds).wont_be_nil
  end

  it 'must roll every 3 seconds' do
    robot.sphero.expects(:roll).twice

    robot.work
    sleep 6.1
  end

  it 'receives collision event' do
    robot.expects(:contact)

    robot.work
    robot.sphero.publish("collision", "clunk")
    sleep 0.1
  end
end

to describe the following Sphero robot:

require 'artoo'

connection :sphero, :adaptor => :sphero, :port => '127.0.0.1:4560'
device :sphero, :driver => :sphero

def contact(*args)
  @contacts ||= 0
  @contacts += 1
  puts "Contact #{@contacts}"
end

work do
  on sphero, :collision => :contact

  every(3.seconds) do
    puts "Rolling..."
    sphero.roll 90, rand(360)
  end
end

CLI

Artoo has a Command Line Interface (CLI) so you can access important features right from the command line.

$ artoo
Commands:
  artoo connect SUBCOMMAND ...ARGS   # Connects to device
  artoo console ROBOT                # Run a robot using the Robi console
  artoo generate SUBCOMMAND ...ARGS  # Generates a new robot or adaptor
  artoo help [COMMAND]               # Describe available commands or one specific command
  artoo install SUBCOMMAND ...ARGS   # Installs utility programs
  artoo start ROBOT                  # Run a robot
  artoo version                      # Displays the current version

Connect:

Artoo makes it a lot easier to connect TCP Socket to Bluetooth and serial port devices using the command line interface:

$ artoo connect
connect commands:
  artoo connect bind [ADDRESS] [NAME]  # Binds a Bluetooth device to some connected hardware
  artoo connect help [COMMAND]         # Describe subcommands or one specific subcommand
  artoo connect scan                   # Scan for connected devices
  artoo connect serial [NAME] [PORT]   # Connect a serial device to a TCP socket using socat

You can scan your computer for paired Bluetooth devices, bind them to unix ports, and connect socket to serial interfaces, easily from the command line!

Console:

Artoo includes Robi, a console based on Pry to allow you to interactively debug and control your robot.

$ artoo console ./examples/hello.rb 
         run  robi ./examples/hello.rb from "."
I, [2013-07-03T17:11:35.793913 #5527]  INFO -- : Registering connection 'loop'...
I, [2013-07-03T17:11:35.794939 #5527]  INFO -- : Preparing work...
robi> start
Starting main robot...
I, [2013-07-03T17:11:48.950888 #5527]  INFO -- : Initializing connection loop...
I, [2013-07-03T17:11:48.955804 #5527]  INFO -- : Starting work...
I, [2013-07-03T17:11:48.956152 #5527]  INFO -- : Connecting to 'loop' on port '#<Artoo::Port:0xfea0>'...
robi> list
#<Artoo::MainRobot:0x100c0>
robi> hello
hello
hello
robi> stop
Stopping robots...
robi> exit
D, [2013-07-03T17:12:04.413060 #5527] DEBUG -- : Terminating 7 actors...
D, [2013-07-03T17:12:04.414300 #5527] DEBUG -- : Shutdown completed cleanly

Generator

Want to integrate a hardware device we don't have Artoo support for yet? There's a generator for that! You can easily generate a new skeleton Artoo adaptor to help you get started. Simply run the 'artoo generate adaptor' command, and the generator will create a new directory with all of the files in place for your new adaptor gem.

$ artoo generate adaptor awesome_device
Creating artoo-awesome_device adaptor...
      create  artoo-awesome_device
       exist  artoo-awesome_device
      create  artoo-awesome_device/Gemfile
      create  artoo-awesome_device/LICENSE
      create  artoo-awesome_device/README.md
      create  artoo-awesome_device/Rakefile
      create  artoo-awesome_device/artoo-awesome_device.gemspec
      create  artoo-awesome_device/lib/artoo-awesome_device.rb
      create  artoo-awesome_device/lib/artoo-awesome_device/version.rb
      create  artoo-awesome_device/lib/artoo/adaptors/awesome_device.rb
      create  artoo-awesome_device/lib/artoo/drivers/awesome_device.rb
      create  artoo-awesome_device/test/adaptors/awesome_device_adaptor_test.rb
      create  artoo-awesome_device/test/drivers/awesome_device_driver_test.rb
      create  artoo-awesome_device/test/test_helper.rb
Done!

Wiki

Check out our wiki for more docs

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request

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