rubysphero
Rubysphero is a simple ruby driver for Orbotix's Sphero.
Developed and tested in Ruby 2.2.x on Windows 10, but should work on other platforms (Mac & Linux).
Installation
gem install rubysphero
Example code: Changing colours
require 'rubysphero'
sphero = SpheroClient.new "COM4"
# Cycle through all Colours the driver knows about.
SpheroClient::COLOURS.each_key do |colour_name|
sphero.set_colour(colour_name)
sleep 2
end # each ##Example code: Orientation and then roll forward at full speed...
require 'rubysphero'
sphero = SpheroClient.new "COM4"
# Orient which way is back (180 degrees)
# Press and hold 'Enter' to spin the tail light round
# Press SPACE and then Enter to confirm that the tail light is at 180 degrees
sphero.orientation
# Roll forward (0 degrees) at speed 70 (out of 255)
sphero.roll(0,127)
sleep 2
sphero.closeExample code: Orientation and the move in a square
You can also see this on YouTube https://youtu.be/EesOPdC2aw0
Here is the code:
require 'rubysphero'
sphero = SpheroClient.new "COM4"
sphero.orientation # Orient the Sphero, using Enter key, then Space then Enter.
sphero.roll(0,50)
sleep 1
sphero.roll(90,50)
sleep 1
sphero.roll(180,50)
sleep 1
sphero.roll(270,50)Example code: React when Sphero hits something.
require 'rubysphero'
sphero = SpheroClient.new "COM4"
# Add first message to show after a collision
sphero.define_event_handling_for(:collision) do
puts "Bang!"
end # event
# Add second message to show after a collision
sphero.define_event_handling_for(:collision) do
puts "Crash!"
end # event
sphero.collision_detection(true)
sphero.orientation # Orient the Sphero, using Enter key, then Space then Enter.
sphero.roll(0,255) # Roll 0 degrees at full speed.
sleep 2