Robot Raconteur is utilized to design and build many devices, device drivers, utilities, clients, controllers, applications, etc. These different use cases are all able to communicate using the Robot Raconteur framework. They form an "ecosystem" around Robot Raconteur. The Robot Raconteur project aims to develop this ecosystem into a wide ranging set of interoperable software and devices.

Standard Service Definitions

The Robot Raconteur project has defined a number of standard service definitions that contain numerous structure, pod, namedarray, and object types. These types cover a range of common data types, and provide standardized interfaces to devices. These types should be used whenever possible so that services will be interoperable. The standard service types are available in the robotraconteur_standard_robdef GitHub repository.

Robot Raconteur Companion Libraries

The Robot Raconteur Companion libraries are provided to assist in using the standard service types, along with other generic utility functions. Currently, the companion libraries contain the standard service types, info file loaders, and general utility functions. The following libraries are available:

Python: robotraconteur_companion_python

C++: robotraconteur_companion

C#: RobotRaconteurNET.Companion

The Python companion library can also be installed using pip install RobotRaconteurCompanion

See robotraconteur_camera_driver for an example utilizing standard types and the companion

Robot Raconteur Directory

The Robot Raconteur project maintains a list of available drivers. The directory can be found here:

https://github.com/robotraconteur/robotraconteur-directory