Root robot control

Tools for controlling the Root robot. Licensed under MIT, see LICENSE for details.

Prerequisites

This project uses gatt-python for connecting to the robot via bluetooth. Typically pip3 install --user gatt is enough.

Example

root = RootDevice()

root.say('hello world')
root.pendown()

# draw square
for i in range(4):
    root.forward(100)
    root.right(90)

root.disconnect()

Turtle

The Root is basically a real world turtle. There is a direct mapping between RootDevice and python turtle commands, allowing us to draw on the screen and whiteboard at the same time. For example:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from rootturtle import *

forward(100)
goto(0, 100)
right(90)
forward(100)

See rootturtle.py for details.

Related

https://github.com/zlite/PyRoot : working proof of concept and layout drawing with IMU.