Zorg

Python for robotics

• The Internet of Things
• Python has exploded as a language for creating web frameworks

Django

Flask

Bottle

Tornado

Django

• Widely used + large developer community
• Easily extendable
• Many companies create Django plugins for developers to use their products

What if we could create a Django...

for robots?

Platform support through adapters

Zorg is designed to work with any hardware platform, as long as there is an adapter written for it

What is an adapter?

• Connects Zorg with the underlying hardware interface
• Allows for interacting with GPIO pins
• Exposes device interfaces for connections (SPI, I2C, etc.)

The adapter pattern

Connecting devices to hardware with drivers

Write one driver, use it with any supported hardware platform

Why are drivers useful?

• Designed to be independent of the hardware platform
• Allows for a single driver to work on multiple devices
• Consistent interface for interacting with the device

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