# hybridgroup/artoo

Ruby framework for robotics, drones, and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Repository: https://github.com/hybridgroup/artoo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/artoo
Homepage: http://artoo.io
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-12-19T14:46:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5132, "days_push": 988, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1544, forks 140 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:01.427841+00:00)

## What it is
Artoo is a Ruby micro-framework for robotics, drones, and IoT physical computing, providing a DSL for connecting to hardware like Arduino, Sphero, and Parrot AR drones. It is built on Celluloid for actor-based, multi-threaded operation and is a sibling project to Cylon.js and Gobot.

## Use cases
- control an arduino led and button with ruby
- program a parrot ar drone to take off and land
- control a swarm of sphero robots
- write robotics code in ruby using firmata
- build iot physical computing projects with a ruby dsl
- connect ruby to robotics hardware adaptors

## When to choose
- you want to program robots or drones in Ruby
- you need a simple DSL for physical computing with Arduino or similar boards
- you want actor-based concurrency for controlling multiple robots

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained robotics software with recent hardware support
- you prefer JavaScript or Go, where Cylon.js and Gobot are the successors
- your project requires modern Ruby versions beyond 2.1

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: robotics, iot, sdk, concurrency
- domain: robotics, iot, hardware, embedded-systems
- platform: ruby, cross-platform
- tags: robotics-framework, physical-computing, dsl, drones, arduino, firmata, celluloid, ruby, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- hybridgroup/artoo (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.427841+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:30:38.128816+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hybridgroup/artoo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.427841+00:00, sha 274c5eea43b1)
  - homepage: http://artoo.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:48.567839+00:00, sha 55771bffa32b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.