NAO Components

h1. Action Launcher

The ActionLauncher is a python script that connects to NaoQi, waits for a series of touch events to occur on the _touchpad_ on the head of the robot and launches an action (that can be defined in a python file or a Choregraphe behavior) depending on what combination of _keys_ (front, middle, rear) was touched.  

As an example, it could bind a sequence like "front, front, middle, rear" to launch a Choregraphe behavior that makes some Tai Chi moves. 

The current version works on NaoQi 1.12

h2. Installation

Download an archive file from the files section and unpack it or checkout the current trunk or branch code from the svn (URL on the overview page).

ActionLauncher works best if you install the script itself on the robot in @~/naoqi/bin@ and all the python modules it uses (to launch the actions etc.) in @~/naoqi/lib@. So from the @src@ folder copy @ActionLauncher@ to @~/naoqi/bin@ and the remaining python files to @~/naoqi/lib@. Ensure that the @ActionLauncher@ script is executable on the robot (@chmod +x ActionLauncher@).

Some of the standard actions use Choregraphe behaviors. To have them available on the robot, copy all folder including their contents from the @behaviors@ folder to @~/behaviors@ on the robot.

To automatically start the launcher at boot time, it can (and should) be added to @~/naoqi/preferences/autoload.ini@ as an external process with this entry (if the file does not yet exist, copy it from @/etc/naoqi/preferences/autoload.ini@):

<pre>

[python]

# probably there are already other things registered in this category

/home/nao/naoqi/bin/ActionLauncher

</pre>

After restarting NaoQi the ActionLauncher should be available and you can test it by launching.

h2. Action Configuration

A python module called @setupnao_config.py@ is read from @~/naoqi/lib/python@ that defines the key combinations in a dictionary called @KEY_COMBINATIONS@. They can be extended or changed according to your requirements. See source:trunk/src/setupnao_config.py for an example.