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Version: QTrobot V2

QTrobot JavaScript API Reference

The qtrobot.js library is JavaScript SDK for QTrobot. It is a wrapper over roslibjs which facilitate stablishing connection with QTrobot rosbridge and expose simple APIs to interact with the robot's ROS interfaces such as playing gestures, configuring the text-to-speech interface, showing emotion, etc. It also offers some generic functions to call any ROS service (call_service), publish (publish) and subscribe (subscribe) to a generic topic.

Please read QTrobot Interface documentation for the details description of available ROS interfaces for QTrobot.

constructor

QTrobot constructor method this function will automatically call the connect method with the given 'url' to the constructor

Parameters:

  • params object an object with the following fields
    • url: the rosbridge websocket url (e.g. ws://127.0.0.1:9090)
    • reconnect_time: an optional delay (in ms) before traying to reconnect
    • callback.connection: an optional callback to be called upon connection
    • callback.close: an optional callback to be called on closing/disconnection
    • callback.error: an optional callback to be called upon any error on connection

call_service

Call a ros service

Parameters:

  • _name string service name (e.g. /qt_robot/speech/say)
  • _type string service type (e.g. qt_robot_interface/speech_say)
  • _params object an object specifying the service’s params
  • callback function a callback to get the result (optional, default null)

publish

Publish to a ros topic

Parameters:

  • _name string topic name (e.g. /qt_robot/speech/say)
  • _type string topic message type (e.g. std_msgs/String)
  • _params object object specifying the message fields (e.g. {data: 'hello'})

subscribe

Subscribe to a ros topic

Parameters:

  • _name string topic name (e.g. /qt_robot/joints/state)
  • _type string topic message type (e.g. sensor_msgs/JointState)
  • callback function a callback to receive the published message (optional, default null)

show_emotion

Show a facial emotion on QTrobot display

Parameters:

  • emotion string name of the emotion (e.g. QT/happy)
  • callback function a callback to be called after playing the emotion file (optional, default null)

play_gesture

Play a QTrobot recorded gesture

Parameters:

  • gesture string name of a gesture (e.g. QT/happy)
  • callback function a callback to be called after playing the gesture (optional, default null)

set_volume

Set QTrobot speaker volume

Parameters:

  • volume number level in percentage (0-100)
  • callback function a callback to check the result (optional, default null)

home_motors

Move all QTrobot motors to home position

Parameters:

  • callback function a callback to be called after homing all motors (optional, default null)

say_text

Speak a text using QTrobot TTS

Parameters:

  • message string text message
  • callback function a callback to be called after speaking out the message (optional, default null)

configure_tts

Configure QTrobot TTS engine

Parameters:

  • language string speech language (e.g. en_US) (optional, default 'default')
  • pitch number speech pitch value (it may not supported for all voices) (optional, default 0)
  • speed number speech talking speed (100 is the normal speed.) (optional, default 0)
  • callback function a callback to check the result (optional, default null)

play_audio

Play a mp3 or wav audio file

Parameters:

  • name string the name of the audio file without extension (e.g. QT/5LittleBunnies)
  • path string an optional path (leave it empty '' for QTrobot default audio path) (optional, default '')
  • callback function a callback to be called after playing the audio file (optional, default null)

talk_text

Speak a text using QTrobot TTS with facial emotion (moving mouth)

Parameters:

  • message string text message
  • callback function a callback to be called after speaking out the message (optional, default null)

talk_audio

Play a mp3 or wav audio file with facial emotion (moving mouth) This is useful when you want to play a recorded audio speech.

Parameters:

  • name string the name of the audio file without extension
  • path string an optional path (leave it empty '' for QTrobot default audio path) (optional, default '')
  • callback function a callback to be called after playing the audio file (optional, default null)