About

Artoo is a micro-framework for robotics.

It provides a simple, but powerful DSL (domain-specific language) for robots and physical computing.

With Artoo, you can easily connect multiple, different hardware devices together into a single Ruby-powered robotic solution.

Want to use Javascript on Robots? Check out our sister project Cylon (http://cylonjs.com).

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

Meet The Code

Artoo’s simple code makes telling robots what to do incredibly simple and fun.

All you need to get started is the artoo gem

require 'artoo'

Then hook it up to your robot (in this case, a Sphero : 

connection :sphero, adaptor: :sphero, port: '4560'
device :sphero, driver: :sphero

And tell it what to do!

work do
  every(3.seconds) do
    puts "Rolling..."
    sphero.roll 60, rand(360)
  end
end

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!

Artoo also has support for devices that can work across multiple hardware platforms.

More platforms are coming soon!

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

Artoo in Action