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  • Author Author: alanmcdonley
  • Date Created: 25 Jun 2016 3:45 PM Date Created
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C&C: The Wimpy Robot code started

alanmcdonley
alanmcdonley
25 Jun 2016

Here is the first wimpy code -  notices when bumped, happy when not:

#!/usr/bin/python

#

# whimpy.py   WHIMPY ROBOT

#

 

 

import PDALib

import myPDALib

import myPyLib

from bumpersClass import Bumpers

#from usDistanceClass import UltrasonicDistance

# import motors

import time

 

 

 

 

class Robot():

  # class constants and vars

  HAPPY=0

  BUMPED=1

 

 

  def __init__(self):

      print "Robot__init__"

      self.lastState=Robot.HAPPY       # create an instance var self.lastState

      self.bumpers=Bumpers()           # give robot instance bumpers

#     usDistance=UltrasonicDistance()  # give robot instance ultrasonic sensor

#     motors=Motors()

 

 

  def be_wimpy(self):

    while True:

      while (self.bumpers.status() == Bumpers.NONE):

        if (self.lastState!=Robot.HAPPY):

          print "\nI'm happy now"

          self.lastState=Robot.HAPPY

        continue

      # MUST HAVE BEEN BUMPED

      if (self.lastState!=Robot.BUMPED):

          print "\nI've been bumped! (%s)" % self.bumpers.toString()

          self.lastState=Robot.BUMPED

 

  def cancel(self):

     print "robot.cancel() called"

     self.bumpers.cancel()

 

 

#end Robot() class

 

 

# ##### MAIN ######

def main():

  try:

    print "Starting Main"

    r=Robot()

    time.sleep(1)  # allow all Robot threads to start

    myPyLib.set_cntl_c_handler(r.cancel)  # Set CNTL-C handler

    r.be_wimpy()

  except SystemExit:

    print "Bye Bye"   

  except:

    print "Exception Raised"

    r.cancel()

   

 

 

 

if __name__ == "__main__":

    main()

 

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