Robobot B
This page is is for development nodes and user description of the simplified version of Robobot
Robobot B description
This section is intended for users.
Overview
Hardware
Plastic
Electronics
PCB
Software on Raspberry
Software repository
Directory structure
On the Raspberry the main directory and files are:
/home/local/ +-git - Directory for libratyes available from a GIT repository (mostly Teensy/arduino libraries). +-svn - Directory for software from the subversion repository (Robobot specific software). | +-regbot - Directory for the Teesny software (firmware) this part is called Regbot. | | +-regbot_gui Debug app for Regbot. | | +-regbot The firmware source code. | +-robobot - Directory for the Robobot specific code. | | +-setup Directory with some default configuration files. | | +-raubase The basic Raspberry Pi software for Robobot. | | | +-src Source code | | | +-build Build directory with Makefile | | | | +-log Directory for data-monitoring logfiles | | | CMakeList.txt Directives to generate a Makefile using cmake | | | robot.ini Configuration and calibration file | | +- ip_disp Small app to update the IP address of the Raspberry. | | log_ip_dist.txt Logfile for IP and temperature monotoring | +-log - Directory with logfiles from ip_disp (IP, users and CPU temperature) on_reboot.bash - Script to start applications that should start after a reboot (ip_disp)
Robot software
Firmware on Teensy
Description
Compile tools
Upload to Teensy
Development notes
This section is for development notes.
Software installation Raspberry Pi
Install on SD
Barebone installation (Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) as of July 2023)
- make a bootable SD card
- Make a new user called local and set the group permissions
sudo adduser local gpio
- Install general-purpose development packages
User and network (WiFi)
Connect to DTU Wifi
- connect to DTU network without with secret password
- use NTP (network time protocol) with DTU network
Additional packages
Install the following packages:
libreadline-dev libopencv-dev libgpiod-dev gpiod cmake subversion aptitude telnet nmap lsof sudo apt install libreadline-dev libopencv-dev libgpiod-dev gpiod cmake subversion aptitude telnet nmap lsof
and, if available
sudo apt install libcli11-dev
Install command line interface library (if not found by 'apt install libcli11-dev')
cd cd git git clone https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11.git
Install the GPIO library to access pins on the Raspberry PI.
sudo apt install libpigpiod-if-dev
Robobot base software
To make the initial copy from the repository
cd cd svn svn checkout svn://repos.gbar.dtu.dk/jcan/robobot
To update with a new version
cd cd svn/robobot svn update
Teensy
Software tool chain installation
Old Robobot pages
robobot an extension to Regbot with a raspberry pi for more extended missions, but uses mission code in Teensy, like Regbot.