hybridgroup / cylon-rapiro

Cylon adaptor/driver for the Rapiro bipedal robot

Cylon.js For Rapiro

Cylon.js (http://cylonjs.com) is a JavaScript framework for robotics, physical computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

This module provides an adaptor for the Rapiro (http://www.rapiro.com) bipedal robot.

Want to use Ruby on robots? Check out our sister project Artoo (http://artoo.io)

Want to use the Go programming language to power your robots? Check out our sister project Gobot (http://gobot.io).

How to Install

Install the module with:

$ npm install cylon cylon-rapiro

How to Use

Here is an example of a simple program that makes the Rapiro walk:

var Cylon = require('cylon');

// Initialize the robot
Cylon.robot({
  connections: {
    rapiro: { adaptor: 'rapiro', port: '/dev/ttyUSB0' }
  },

  devices: {
    rapiro: { driver: 'rapiro' }
  },

  work: function(my) {
    my['doneWalking'] = false ;

    console.log("forward");

    every(1..second(), function() {
      if (my['doneWalking'] == false) {
        my.rapiro.forward();
      }
    });
    after(10..seconds(), function() {
      console.log("halt");
      my.rapiro.stop();
      my['doneWalking'] = true;
    });

  }
}).start();

How to Connect

If you are connected from a Raspberry Pi to the Rapiro board, it will appear as serial port /dev/ttyACM0. You can find out by running Gort's gort scan serial command.

Documentation

We're busy adding documentation to our web site at http://cylonjs.com/ please check there as we continue to work on Cylon.js

Thank you!

Contributing

For our contribution guidelines, please go to https://github.com/hybridgroup/cylon/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md .

Release History

For the release history, please go to https://github.com/hybridgroup/cylon-rapiro/blob/master/RELEASES.md .

License

Copyright (c) 2013-2015 The Hybrid Group. Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.