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How to make CUBOTino autonomous: A small, 3D printed, Rubik's cube solver robot
Further robot info at: https://www.instructables.com/CUBOTino-Autonomous-Small-3D-Printed-Rubiks-Cube-R/
An impression of the robot: https://youtu.be/dEOLhvVMcUg and https://youtu.be/YV-g_3STsBo
This is forked from the git repo made by heneault (thank you !!!), and updated to latest files versions.
This git repo simplifies the download of the individual files and automates as much a possible the deployment to the Raspberry Pi
This installation has proved to work on different Raspberry Pi models; Please report in case you experience issues.
ssh pi@cubotino.local
git clone https://github.com/AndreaFavero71/cubotino.git
cd cubotino/src
chmod +x install/setup.sh
sudo ./install/setup.sh
Follow the instructions (saved at /doc folder)
cd ~/cubotino/src
source .virtualenvs/bin/activate
python Cubotino_T_servos_GUI.py
From a shell, you can run the main python script like this:
cd ~/cubotino/src
source .virtualenvs/bin/activate
python Cubotino_T.py
of course, you can replace Cubotino_T.py
by any other python scripts as mentioned in the documentation.
When everything is tuned and you want to autostart the software automatically on reboot, just type :
sudo crontab -e
select the nano editor '1' then go to the last line of the window and remove the first '#' character of the line . This uncomment the startup script that launches cubotino on startup. You can reboot after to test it.
You can always connect with ssh. If you prefere VNC you can download the RealVNC client (this is the one I use). You just have that start it like this:
vncviewer cubotino.local
It will ask for the credential. Use 'pi' and the same password you use for ssh. You should have a desktop version in this way
Check out the "How_to_make ... .pdf" document (at /doc folder) for further info.
I hope many of you will decide to build your own CUBOTino, and that you'll enjoy it as much much as I did.
I hope you will also post an "I Made it", on the Instructables site of this project (link above);
I can ensure you, seeing a new born CUBOTino makes me feel very well 🙂