OfficeBots -- Python API

This package implements the OfficeBots API in Python, making it easy to create and control a robot in the OfficeBots game.

Installation

From pypi

> pip3 install officebots

From sources

> python3 setup.py install --user

Usage

Check examples in the examples/ directory. You can start with the simple cmdline.py.

ROS support

This Python package also provides a complete ROS bridge to the simulator, supporting:

• /cmd_vel to move the robot
• laser scan simulation (/scan)
• tf frames
• ROS4HRI implementation (with persons and faces tracking, and speech simulation via the in-game chat)
• simulated navigation (via /move_base_simple/goal)
• image streaming to the robot's tablet (by publishing images to /screen/raw_image)
• simulated robot speech (/say)