quadruped 0.4.1
A python robotic driver for a quadruped robot
License: MIT
Keywords: framework,robotic,robot,sdl2,ps4,quadruped

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Quadruped
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My robot software.

* `YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH2hlxUfCNg>`_
* `Vimeo <https://player.vimeo.com/video/194676675>`_

Documentation
-------------------

**Note:** This re-write is still very early and not fully running yet, just
parts.

Install
-----------

linux
~~~~~~~~

You will also need::

	pip install ds4drv

pip
~~~~~

The recommended way to install this library is::

	pip install quadruped

Development
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you wish to develop and submit git-pulls, you can do::

	git clone https://github.com/MomsFriendlyRobotCompany/quadruped
	cd quadruped
	pip install -e .

Testing
~~~~~~~~~

Since I have both python2 and python3 installed, I need to test with both::

	python2 -m nose *.py
	python3 -m nose *.py

Layout
------------

Here is *sort* of the layout of the code:

- Quadruped (*see examples folders*):
	- Engine(serial)
	- AHRS() - tilt compensated compass
	- IMU() - NXP IMU from Adafruit
	- MCP3208() - ADC for IR and whatever else
	- Gait:
		- command() - plans all feet through 1 gait cycle (12 steps)
		- eachLeg(x,y,z)

- Engine({serial}): - handles movement hardware
	- legs[4]
		- servos[3]
			- angle
			- setServoLimits()
			- bulkWrite() - change to sync
		- coxa, femur, tibia
		- fk()
		- ik()
		- moveFoot(x,y,z)
		- moveFootAngle(a,b,c)

The example quadruped (in the examples folder), takes a dictionary. Currently
it takes::

	data = {
		'serialPort': '/dev/tty.usbserial-AL034G2K',
		'write': 'bulk'
	}

If you don't pass it a serial port, then it falls back to a simulated serial
port (which does nothing) which is useful for testing.

Tools
---------

This directory contains several tools for the robot:

Change Log
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============ ======= ============================
2017-Jul-07  0.4.1   broke out into package and published to PyPi
2016-Aug-10  0.0.1   init
============ ======= ============================


MIT License
---------------

**Copyright (c) 2016 Kevin J. Walchko**

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