Anki Drive SDK for Java

The Anki Drive SDK for Java is an implementation of the message protocols and data parsing routines necessary for communicating with Anki Drive and Overdrive vehicles. This library is an updated version of the one found adessoAG/anki-drive-java.

See anki/drive-sdk for the official SDK written in C.

Disclaimer

The authors of this software are in no way affiliated to Anki nor adesso AG. All naming rights for Anki, Anki Drive and Anki Overdrive are property of Anki, initial concept and implementation of the Java version by the folks at adesso.

This is a forked repository from adessoAG/anki-drive-java, which, sadly, appears to be abandoned. We are maintaining this SDK to serve our tenbergen/Automotive-CPS project.

About

Unfortunately, there is currently no cross-platform Java library to interface with Bluetooth LE devices.

This project therefore requires a Node.js gateway service to handle low-level communication with the Anki vehicles. All data processing and message parsing is carried out in Java code.

Prerequisites

To build and use the SDK in your own project you will need:

• Java JDK (>= 1.8.0)
• a compatible Bluetooth 4.0 interface with LE support

Installation

To install the SDK and all required dependencies run the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/tenbergen/anki-drive-java
cd anki-drive-java
./gradlew build

On MacOS

Prerequisites for macOS:

• Node.js v6.14.2 or later.
• macOS 10.7 or later

If you get a "node-pre-gyp build fail error" when running npm install run:

rm -rf node_modules/
npm install --build-from-resource

Once connected, if your cars time out follow these steps:

1. Stop the server
2. From the Mac desktop, hold down the Shift+Option keys and then click on the Bluetooth menu item to reveal the hidden Debug menu
3. Select “Reset the Bluetooth module” from the Debug menu list
4. Once finished reboot your Mac

On Linux / Raspberry Pi

Optional Dependency node-usb will not be installed. So, run:

sudo apt-get install libudev-dev

On Windows

Node.js server is currently not supported on Windows. However, you can run the Node.js server on a Linux device change edu.oswego.cs.CPSLab.AnkiConnectionTest to connect to the IP of the Raspberry Pi instead of localhost.

Usage

Start the Node.js gateway service:

sudo ./gradlew server

Add the Java library

To get the Java library into your build:

// add JitPack.io as a repository
repositories {
    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}

dependencies {
    // <Git commit-ish>: commit hash or tag
    compile 'com.github.tenbergen:anki-drive-java:-SNAPSHOT'
}

For the Maven instructions see the JitPack.io website.

API usage

Create a AnkiConnector object:

AnkiConnector anki = new AnkiConnector("localhost", 5000);

Start scanning for vehicles:

List<Vehicle> vehicles = anki.findVehicles();

Test File

To try a connection, start the server and run:

./gradlew ankiConnectionTest

which will execute

edu.oswego.cs.CPSLab.AnkiConnectionTest

Contributing

WINDOWS SERVER WANTED!

Other contributions are welcome as well. Feel free to fork this repository and submit a pull request.