Smartibot

README.md

Smartibot

“Witchcraft to the ignorant, .... Simple science to the learned”

• Leigh Brackett

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/460355237/smartibot-the-worlds-first-ai-enabled-cardboard-ro

• Smartibot
  • Hardware Features
  • Software Features
  • Links
  • Kit contents
  • espruino
    • Activate smartibot module
    • Some system infos
  • Pins (TODO)

Hardware Features

• http://thecraftyrobot.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Smartiboard_Explainer.pdf
• NRF 52 series ARM Cortex-M4F based Bluetooth system-on-chip (nRF52832)
  • ARM® Cortex®-M4 32-bit processor with FPU, 64 MHz
  • 64 kB RAM
  • 512 kB flash
  • https://www.nordicsemi.com/-/media/DocLib/Other/Product_Spec/nRF52832PSv14.pdf?la=en
  • http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.nordic.infocenter.nrf52%2Fdita%2Fnrf52%2Fnrf52_series.html
  • https://developer.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-m/cortex-m4
  • https://developer.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-m/cortex-m4/docs
• CODAL runtime (give up)
• 4 x -6V to 6V DC outputs
• 10 x 3 pin PWM outputs
• 3 x Expansion ports
• USB/Bluetooth programming

Software Features

• Firmware SMARTIBOT, 2v01.82
  • Based on the Open Source firmware Espruino Espruino is a JavaScript Interpreter for Microcontrollers.
  • https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/blob/b6cd61ebf6aff9e5e1e479230476406b4b898d75/boards/SMARTIBOT.py
• iOS and Android app with remote control mode and A.I. mode
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.raa.smartibot (No Source Code released)
  • A.I mode for Android realized with TensorFlow Lite
• Control mode allows users to design their own controls for their robots
• Working with Microsoft to onboard to MakeCode which will support programming using Scratch-like Blocks Editor or Javascript (deprecated)
  • Use Espruino Web IDE instead
• https://crafty-robot.myshopify.com/pages/smartibot-programming
• https://thecraftyrobot.net/smartibot_ide/ (deprecated)

Links

• https://www.reddit.com/r/smartibot
• https://www.youtube.com/craftyrobot
• https://twitter.com/CraftyRobot
• https://github.com/TheCraftyRobot/smartibot_webpad
• https://github.com/TheCraftyRobot/thecraftyrobot.github.io
• https://twitter.com/hashtag/Smartibot?src=hash
• http://thecraftyrobot.net/wp/2019/02/smartibot-instructions-troubleshooting/
• https://crafty-robot.myshopify.com/blogs/projects/wall-avoiding-robot-with-distance-sensors-and-l-e-d-matrix

Kit contents

• 1 x Smartibot Circuit Board
• 2 x DC Motors + Gearboxes
• 1 x 4AA Battery Box
• 1 x Cardboard A.I. Bot Parts
• 1 x Cardboard Unicorn Parts
• 1 x Cardboard Teabot Parts
• 2 x Glass Marbles
• 2 x Screwdrivers Stainless Steel Fixings
• Rubber Bands

espruino

• http://www.espruino.com/
• https://www.espruino.com/Smartibot
• https://espruino.github.io/EspruinoWebIDE/?settings=%7B%22BLOCKLY_EXTENSIONS%22:%22%7Csmartibot%7C%22%7D#
• Board description

Activate smartibot module

To activate the smartibot module enter var smarti = require ("Smartibot"); in the code editor window (on the right hand side of the ide) and deploy the code snippet with the deploy button.

After that you can use the module in the terminal and the code editor.

Some system infos

>process.env
={
VERSION: "2v00.90",
  GIT_COMMIT: "ec63efe9",
  BOARD: "SMARTIBOT",
  FLASH: 524288, RAM: 65536,
  SERIAL: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
  CONSOLE: "Bluetooth",
  MODULES: "Flash,Storage,hea" ... "eopixel,smartibot",
  EXPTR: 536882360 }

>process.env.MODULES.split(',')
=[
  "Flash",
  "Storage",
  "heatshrink",
  "net",
  "dgram",
  "http",
  "NetworkJS",
  "crypto",
  "neopixel",
  "smartibot"
 ]

>require("smartibot")
={
  setMotor: function (i,t) { ... },
  aiReset: function () { ... },
  aiDetect: function (i,t,a) { ... },
  load: function () { ... }
 }

Pins (TODO)

pin	mode
D0	input
D1	input
D2	input
D3	input
D4	input
D5	input
D6	input
D7	input
D8	input
D9	input
D10	input
D11	input
D12	input
D13	input_pullup
D14	input
D15	input
D16	input
D17	input
D18	input
D19	input
D20	LED1
D21	input
D22	af_output
D23	input
D24	input
D25	input
D26	input
D27	input
D28	input
D29	input_pullup
D30	input
D31	input

check_btn.js

function check1() {
  var a = BTN1.read();
  if (a) console.log("BTN1 pressed!");
}
function check2() {
  var b = BTN2.read();
  if (b) console.log("BTN2 pressed!");
}
setWatch(check1, BTN1, { repeat: true, edge: "rising", debounce: 20 });
setWatch(check2, BTN2, { repeat: true, edge: "rising", debounce: 20 });

smartibot_api.js

//Preview version

var clkpin = D7;
var datapin = D8;

var sendByte = function(B) {
  for (var i = 7; i >= 0; i--) {
    clkpin.reset();
    digitalWrite(datapin, (B >> i) & 1);
    clkpin.set();
  }
};

var setLED = function(R, G, B, R2, G2, B2) {
  sendByte(0x00);
  sendByte(0x00);
  sendByte(0x00);
  sendByte(0x00);
  sendByte(0xff);
  sendByte(B);
  sendByte(R);
  sendByte(G);
  sendByte(0xff);
  sendByte(B2);
  sendByte(R2);
  sendByte(G2);
  sendByte(0xff);
  sendByte(0xff);
  sendByte(0xff);
  sendByte(0xff);
};

var setMotor = function(M, S) {
  var P1, P2;
  switch (M) {
    case 1:
      P1 = D4;
      P2 = D6;
      break;
    case 2:
      P1 = D10;
      P2 = D11;
      break;
    case 3:
      P1 = D2;
      P2 = D3;
      break;
    case 4:
      P1 = D9;
      P2 = D12;
      break;
  }
  if (S === 0) {
    digitalWrite(P1, 0);
    digitalWrite(P2, 0);
  }
  if (S > 0) {
    digitalWrite(P1, 0);
    analogWrite(P2, S);
  } else {
    digitalWrite(P2, 0);
    analogWrite(P1, -S);
  }
};

wiggle.js

var smarti = require("Smartibot");

var wiggling = false; //This variable defines whether
//Smartibot should be wiggling

var wiggleLeft = function() {
  smarti.setLEDs([255, 255, 0, 0, 255, 0]);
  smarti.setMotor(1, 0.5);
  smarti.setMotor(2, 0.5);
  setTimeout(function() {
    if (wiggling === true) {
      wiggleRight();
    }
  }, 300);
}; //This function makes Smartibot wiggle left for 0.3s
//and then start wiggling right if they should still
//be wiggling

var wiggleRight = function() {
  smarti.setLEDs([0, 255, 0, 255, 255, 0]);
  smarti.setMotor(1, -0.5);
  smarti.setMotor(2, -0.5);
  setTimeout(function() {
    if (wiggling === true) {
      wiggleLeft();
    }
  }, 300);
}; //This function makes Smartibot wiggle right for 0.3s
//and then start wiggling left if they should still be
//wiggling

var wiggle = function(x) {
  if (x > 0) {
    wiggling = true;
    wiggleLeft();
  } else {
    wiggling = false;
    smarti.setMotor(1, 0);
    smarti.setMotor(2, 0);
  }
}; //This is the function that we actually call by sending
//Smartibot text (from the app or the command prompt in
//the IDE). To call it we send wiggle() with a number
//inside the brackets. 0 will make Smartibot stop
//wiggling, any greater number will make Smartibot wiggle.