# robot_blockly

**Repository Path**: gengxf0505/robot_blockly

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: robot_blockly
- **Description**:  A simple way to program ROS robots  using blockly.
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: GPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 3
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2019-10-02
- **Last Updated**: 2021-04-13

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# robot_blockly


`robot_blockly` is a ROS package that provides web-based visualization and block programming tools for robots and drones.

![](img/ROSimple-peek.png)
![](img/ROSimple-code.png)

### Installation:

#### Requeriments for Erle-Brain3

```bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y git cmake python3 python3-pip python3-yaml
sudo pip3 install autobahn rospkg
```
```
mkdir -p ~/blockly_ws/src
cd ~/blockly_ws/src
git clone https://gitee.com/gengxf0505/robot_blockly.git
cd robot_blockly/frontend/
git clone https://gitee.com/gengxf0505/ace-builds.git
git clone https://gitee.com/gengxf0505/blockly.git

cd ../scripts
# install apache
sudo apt-get install apache2
# make sure that Apache is running properly in your robot and then
./deploy.sh

cd ~/blockly_ws/
sed -i 's/crab_msgs.msg//g' scripts/robot_blockly_backend.py #Remove spider msgs
catkin_make_isolated -j2 --pkg robot_blockly --install
```
You can also try 
```
mkdir -p ~/blockly_ws/src
cd ~/blockly_ws/src
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/erlerobot/robot_blockly
cd ..
catkin_make_isolated -j2 --pkg robot_blockly --install
```

### Launch it:
```
source ~/blockly_ws/install_isolated/setup.bash
roslaunch robot_blockly robot_blockly.launch
```

### Create your own blocks
- Open `frontend/demos/blockfactory/index.html`
- Design you own block and then add the metadata to: `frontend/blockly/blocks` and `frontend/blockly/generator`
- Launch `python build.py` to regenerate the blocks.

In-depth explanation [here](http://erlerobotics.com/Docs/Robot_Operating_System/ROS/Blockly/Block_creation)

### License
blockly has been built based on [blockly](http://github.com/erlerobot/blockly), [ACE](http://github.com/erlerobot/ace-builds) and Bootstrap. Refer to their sources for the corresponding licenses.

Unless specified, the rest of the code is freed under a GPLv3 License.

### Documentation
- [Erle Robotics blockly docs](http://erlerobotics.com/docs/Robot_Operating_System/ROS/Blockly/Intro.html)
- [ROS Wiki](http://wiki.ros.org/blockly)


# Robots where blockly has been implemented:
- [Erle-Spider](http://erlerobotics.com/blog/product/erle-spider-the-ubuntu-drone-with-legs/)
- [Erle-Rover](https://erlerobotics.com/blog/product/erle-rover/) 
- [Shadow Robot hands](http://www.shadowrobot.com/)