Simplebot Code for BrickPi3

BrickPi
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Hello,

I’m looking to modify the existing Simplebot code for use on BrickPi3. I’d like to start out with as simple of a robot as possible so I can add on and play with other sensors one at a time to hopefully learn how to make more complicated robots in the future. With that in mind, my code below doesn’t seem to work. I borrowed most of the script from simplebot_simple.py on Github and tried to amend the language/variables to BP3 coding from the balance bot robot:

#!/usr/bin/env python

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Program Name: dumbbot.py

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Trying to modify simplebot_simple.py to BrickPi3…

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#Commands:

w-Move forward

a-Move left

d-Move right

s-Move back

x-Stop

from future import print_function # use python 3 syntax but make it compatible with python 2
from future import division # ‘’

import time # import the time library for the sleep function
import brickpi3 # import the BrickPi3 drivers
import sys # import sys for sys.exit()

BP = brickpi3.Brickpi3() # Create an instance of the BrickPi3 class. BP will be the BrickPi3 object.

define which ports the sensors and motors are connected to.

PORT_SENSOR_IR = BP.PORT_1
PORT_MOTOR_RIGHT = BP.PORT_A
PORT_MOTOR_LEFT = BP.PORT_D

#Move Forward
def fwd():
BrickPi3.MotorSpeed[PORT_MOTOR_RIGHT] = speed
BrickPi3.MotorSpeed[PORT_MOTOR_LEFT] = speed
#Move Left
def left():
BrickPi3.MotorSpeed[PORT_MOTOR_RIGHT] = speed
BrickPi3.MotorSpeed[PORT_MOTOR_LEFT] = -speed
#Move Right
def right():
BrickPi3.MotorSpeed[PORT_MOTOR_RIGHT] = -speed
BrickPi3.MotorSpeed[PORT_MOTOR_LEFT] = speed
#Move backward
def back():
BrickPi3.MotorSpeed[PORT_MOTOR_RIGHT] = -speed
BrickPi3.MotorSpeed[PORT_MOTOR_LEFT] = -speed
#Stop
def stop():
BrickPi3.MotorSpeed[PORT_MOTOR_RIGHT] = 0
BrickPi3.MotorSpeed[PORT_MOTOR_LEFT] = 0

BrickPi3Setup() # setup the serial port for communication

PORT_MOTOR_RIGHT = BP.PORT_A
PORT_MOTOR_LEFT = BP.PORT_D
BrickPi3.MotorEnable[PORT_MOTOR_RIGHT] = 1 #Enable the Motor A
BrickPi3.MotorEnable[PORT_MOTOR_LEFT] = 1 #Enable the Motor B
BrickPi3SetupSensors() #Send the properties of sensors to BrickPi
BrickPi3.Timeout=10000 #Set timeout value for the time till which to run the motors after the last command is pressed
BrickPi3SetTimeout() #Set the timeout

speed=200 #Set the speed
while True:
inp=str(raw_input()) #Take input from the terminal
#Move the bot
if inp==‘w’:
fwd()
elif inp==‘a’ :
left()
elif inp==‘d’:
right()
elif inp==‘s’:
back()
elif inp==‘x’:
stop()
BrickPi3UpdateValues() #Update the motor values

time.sleep(.01)      	# sleep for 10 ms

I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/pi/Desktop/Dumbbot/dumbbot.py”, line 25, in
BP = brickpi3.Brickpi3() # Create an instance of the BrickPi3 class. BP will be the BrickPi3 object.
AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘Brickpi3’

I’m definitely not a programmer so this is a bit over my head. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as this code could be used by others to create the simplebot on BP3.

Thanks!

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Turns out tcoops already figured it out a back in January…

I’m not sure why he did a few things in his code though so I’m going to try to look at it for a bit, but if anyone wants to re-create simplebot his code works straightaway.

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Hello again,

This code is really great and pretty easy to understand after a while. I augmented the simplebot with a grabber arm. The code is as followed, with only a new set of additions for the new medium motor.

‘’’

Program Name: simplebot_simple.py

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This code is for moving the simplebot

Author Date Comments

Karan 04/11/13 Initial Authoring

These files have been made available online through a Creative

Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.

(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)

Revised by T. Cooper 12/18

— program updated for Python 3

— curses interface added for consistent input mang.

#Commands:

w-Move forward

a-Move left

d-Move right

s-Move back

x-Stop

we add these libraries to give us the ability to use sleep func

use Brick Pi 3 stuff and the curses interface (it makes input easier and consistent)

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import time

import brickpi3 #import BrickPi.py file to use BrickPi operations

import curses # import curses for text processing

set up curses interface

stdscr = curses.initscr() # Uses curses ext. More info here https://docs.python.org/3/howto/curses.html

curses.noecho() #more info here https://linux.die.net/man/3/noecho

BP = brickpi3.BrickPi3() # Create an instance of the BrickPi3 class. BP will be the BrickPi3 object.
motorR = BP.PORT_D # right motor
motorL = BP.PORT_A # left motor
motorG = BP.PORT_B # gripper motor
speed = 225 #range is -255 to 255, make lower if bot it too fast
#Move backward

def back():
BP.set_motor_power(motorR,speed)
BP.set_motor_power(motorL,speed)

#Move Left
def left():
BP.set_motor_power(motorR, speed)
BP.set_motor_power(motorL, -speed)

#Move Right
def right():
BP.set_motor_power(motorR, -speed)
BP.set_motor_power(motorL, speed)

#Move forward
def fwd():
BP.set_motor_power(motorR, -speed)
BP.set_motor_power(motorL, -speed)

#Stop
def stop():
BP.set_motor_power(motorR, 0)
BP.set_motor_power(motorL, 0)
BP.set_motor_power(motorG, 0)

#gripper forward
def grip():
BP.set_motor_power(motorG, speed)

#gripper release
def rgrip():
BP.set_motor_power(motorG, -speed)

while True:
inp = stdscr.getkey() #Take input from the terminal
#Move the bot
if inp == ‘w’:
fwd()
print(“fwd”)

    elif inp=='a' :
            left()
            print("left")

    elif inp=='d':
            right()
            print("right")

    elif inp=='s':
            back()
            print("back")
elif inp=='g':
	grip()
	print("grip")
elif inp=='r':
	rgrip()
	print("release grip")

    elif inp=='x':
            stop()

    time.sleep(.01)         # sleep for 10 ms

I’ve attached a picture below as a reference. If anyone needs more detailed pictures just let me know. I’d honestly recommend starting with the simplebot for your first BrickPi build as you can start with as basic of a set-up as is probably possible.

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