Version 61 of Robotics

Updated 2016-05-08 12:03:55 by pooryorick

Robotics

Because this wiki needs a page on robotics.

TCL code

A wish list for tcl packages for use in open source robotics projects:

• native installed Tcl/Tk on the most common Raspberry Pi distributions" . This might be true already?
• some application extensions to the Img package for image/video capture, manipulation motion detection so people can build themselves a tcl-powered camera .
• a tcllib-like library for manipulating GPIO (inputs, controllers, feedback display, etc.) and interacting with a standard set of peripheral devices. (Check out piio)
• a tcllib-like library of algorithms for managing common robotic activities (movement, maze-solving, line-following, obstacle avoidance ,etc.)

Learning Resources

Robotics Competitions and Challenges

Does anyone know of Tcl being used in any competition projects?

• http://www.robotchallenge.org/
• http://www.drgraeme.net/DrGraeme-free-NXT-G-tutorials/ChV4.htm
• http://www.theroboticschallenge.org/ - DARPA sponsored competition
• http://www.robotx.org/
• http://www.euroc-project.eu/
• http://www.firstlegoleague.org/
• http://piwars.org/
• http://makerfaire.com/ - Not a competition, strictly, but places where new ideas and projects are shared. There is probably one organized near you.
• http://robogames.net/index.php

Projects

Commerically available toys and hobby kits

• Lego Mindstorms - Lego provides an EV3 programming software to connect and control components. Check out the TclRCX page for a Tcl development environment for Mindstorms.

DIY projects

Projects you can build at home from scratch. Any plans available out there?

Robotics projects and kits for teaching children about technology

• littleBits - component-based educational kits that connect together with magnets which allow young children to assemble working devices in seconds, and experiment with modifications. There is an Arduino coding kit available.
• OzoBlocky - Makers of Ozobot Bit (video here ), a small, programmable robot used to teach block programming.
• http://www.vexrobotics.com/vexiq

Robot Building Blocks

Places where TCLers may find components.

Central Processors

• RaspberryPi . See also Raspberry Pi.

Microcontrollers

• Arduino - http://www.arduino.org/

Motors, Actuators and other Devices

Software

• ROS(Robot Operating System) - Open source robot software library (affiliated with http://www.osrfoundation.org/ , the open source robotics foundation). It looks like there are client libraries developed by the user community for many languages. There is no tcl library, but there is a wiki page on implementing client libraries . There are tutorials available on how to setup ROS on the Raspberry Pi .
• ESP8266 HTTP IO - An ESP8266 Http IO server with examples calling it, including Tcl and other languages.

Land mobility

Water mobility

PYK 2016-05-08: Do either of these companies employ Tcl?

• Underwater Robotics - A new underwater robotics company specialized in underwater thrusters and actuators.
• Blue Robotics - a relatively new company which recently launched its flagship T100 and T200 underwater thruster. They also now manufacture waterproof micro-controllers and actuators.

Air mobility

Sensors

• Lego Mindstorms - Lego provides an EV3 programming software to connect and control components.
• Vision - opencv.org is an open source computer vision library. It does not appear to have a tcl API, though.

From the history File

• This comp.lang.tcl post from 1994 reads like something that could have been posted last week: Tcl software to control a robot for a robot competition.

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