Main préhensile pour le robot Poppy et interface tangible

Projet S4 2018: jeu de morpion avec la table iteractive reactable et le robot Poppy

https://github.com/ftdargentina/2018_s4_projet13 for report and code and manual. A video can be seen in https://drive.google.com/open?id=13PpBuiXHTXPefMT6zhvFoq4nFsJNQl1_

The software is installed on the laptop of the laboratory.

In order to control the robot and the electromagnet you will need a RaspberryPi 3, a GrovePi+ and a Grove Magnet module.

First you need to burn the Raspbian Image in a SD card, download the Raspbian Strech Lite from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ To burn the image we recommend to use the Etcher opensource software (https://etcher.io/)

Connect raspberry pi to laptop with Ethernet. Go the edit connection setting. Navigate to ipv4 option. Select method : shared to other computer. Open a Terminal and type the following command to get the <RaspberryPi IP>:

cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases

To connect to the raspberry Open command prompt and type

ssh pi@<RaspberryPi IP>

Once you are connected you have to install the image to control poppy, for that use the following commands in a terminal

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/poppy-project/raspoppy/master/raspoppyfication.sh | bash -s "poppy-torso"

It takes a while to install the image, once done you will have to restart the RaspberryPi and now, to connect via ssh you will have to use the following command

ssh poppy@<RaspberryPi IP>
Password: poppy

Also, if you want to connect a keyboard and a screen to the Raspberry you can connect with:

Login: poppy
Password: poppy

Now you need to install the GrovePi software to control the electromagnet, for that you need to use the following commands:

cd /home/pi
sudo git clone https://github.com/DexterInd/GrovePi
cd /home/pi/Desktop/GrovePi/Script
sudo chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh
cd
sudo pip install smbus

Once everything is installed, there are some example codes in the repository

If you are using the laptop from the laboratory, all the packages should be installed, if not install them with pip. On the laptop, install for instance in folder /home/user/2018_S4_projet13 the software:

git clone https://github.com/ftdargentina/2018_s4_projet13.git

Connect the

• reacTIVision's videoprojector hdmi to the laptop
• reacTIVision's camera usb to the laptop
• connect raspberry pi ethernet to the laptop
• connect the electromagnet J1 port to the grovepi D4 port
• connect poppy usb2ax to the raspberry pi usb
• power on poppy motors

Put the pile of wooden fiducials with metallic parts (Poppy's) on Poppy's right hand side (close to the notch). The wooden fiducials without metallic parts are for the human player.

You have to connect the USB camera and the projector to the laptop, if the laptop does not recognize the projector, try restarting the laptop with the projector connected.

To lauch the reacTIVision software you have to use the following commands in the laboratory laptop.

cd /usr/local/src/reacTIVision/linux
sudo ./reacTIVision

Press h to show the help of the reacTIVision application and configure it with these values:

These values depend on the amount of light that strikes the board, try changing them until the reacTIVision application detects the ID of the pieces.

Use the following commands to get our repository and execute the code in the laptop

cd /home/user/Documents/2018_s4_projet13/game_code/
sudo python board.py

If everything is working you should see the board in the Reactable

Connect to the RaspberryPi

ssh poppy@<RaspberryPi IP>
Password: poppy

Currently the ip of the RaspberryPi is 10.42.0.246( you can also get its ip with the command from the laptop cat /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases). Make sure that the raspberry is connected to the internet with an ethernet cable (it should have internet from the laptop if the laptop as the WiFi enabled).

If not installed, clone the repository (git clone https://github.com/ftdargentina/2018_s4_projet13.git) and execute the file gestion.py to command the robot

cd /home/pi/2018_s4_projet13/game_code/
sudo python gestion.py

Troubleshooting:

Maybe you will need to use sudo to clone the repository, if that's the case, the board.py code will not be able to write the “data” file via ssh in every turn, this is indicated by an Access Denied error in the reactable code when you put a piece in the board. If that's the case, you can try:

cd /home/pi/2018_s4_projet13/game_code/
ls -l

This will show if the file is only modifiable by root user, in that case you can remove it

cd /home/pi/2018_s4_projet13/game_code/
sudo rm data

Make sure that you put a piece in the board to generate a new file, before running the code gestion.py that needs the file.

If everything works you should see an “Start!” text printed in the Terminal, followed by the virtual “Board” showing everything empty

To play you need to prepare something for poppy first, in the lab there is a table to hold Poppy, the metallic part should be right above the board, and it's pieces to his right, in a particular position. After he tries to play and grab one of them you can perfectly tell where they should be (Below the electromagnet!)

Now you need to grab one of you pieces (The ones without metallic rings), you can select if you want to play first or if you want Poppy to do so with the two Buttons labeled J1 and J2, just put one of your pieces in the buttons and should be ready to go.

If you selected J1, you can grab the pion that you used and play in a spot. If you selected J2, lift the pion so you stop reseting the robot, and he will begin to play.

After the robot plays, and takes its time to return to the initial position, you can play again, until someone wins or there is a tie.

After Poppy's Dab (When you win) or Poppy's handshake (in a Tie or Lose), you can reset the game and play again

In board.py, check the sftp functions: check that the path to “data” file is the right path of the folder in raspberry pi.

There seems to be issues when you want to relaunch the game as player 1 or 2. It can not relaunch well. The behaviour of Poppy at launch is stochastic, I am not sure if it starts or not.

If you have questions you can send us an email:

federicodadam@gmail.com
juanf.abt@gmail.com
sola.francisco@hotmail.com
louis.chauvet@imt-atlantique.net
hang.zhang@imt-atlantique.net

Keep in mind that the addresses of imt-atlantique.net have a limited time of life.

• Video https://drive.google.com/open?id=13PpBuiXHTXPefMT6zhvFoq4nFsJNQl1_
• s4_projet_13_2018_triptyque_preprint.pdf
• s4_projet_13_2018_poster_preprint.pdf