🚀 PiRC 2.1.0 - Chat-Controlled Pi Robots

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🎬 One-Line Demo

pip install pirc && pirc run --irc="#robotwars"

Join IRC → Type !forward 80 → Watch your Pi robot move! 🤖💬

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🌟 What Makes PiRC Different?

	PiRC	ROS2	Arduino	Custom
Setup Time	30 seconds	2 hours	1 hour	1 week
Control Method	Live IRC Chat 🎮	CLI/GUI	Serial	API
Vision Speed	60 FPS YOLOv10 👁️	15 FPS	No	20 FPS
Size	15 MB 📦	2 GB	100 KB	500 MB
Pi Optimized	✅ Native	❌ Heavy	⚠️ Limited	❌ Generic

PiRC = IRC Chat + Robot Brains + Pi Superpowers

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🚀 Get Started in 60 Seconds

On Fresh Raspberry Pi 5 (Recommended)

# Auto-install (30s)
curl -sSL https://get.pirc.dev | bash
# Initialize your robot
pirc init mybot --irc="#pirc-test"# Launch (robot + web + IRC)
pirc run
# Open live dashboard
http://raspberrypi.local:8000/dashboard

Docker (Any Machine)

docker run -p 8000:8000 --privileged \
--device=/dev/gpio \
-v /tmp/pirc:/data \
ghcr.io/kosasih/pirc:latest

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💬 Live Chat Commands (No Programming!)

!forward 80 → Motors forward 80% speed
!left 90 → Turn left 90° !state patrol → Start patrol mission
!vision track red → YOLO track red objects
!scan → 360° environment scan
!battery → Status + battery level
!emergency → 🔴 IMMEDIATE E-STOP
!dance → 🎉 Victory dance routine

Anyone in IRC can control your robot instantly! 🎉

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🖥️ Live Dashboards (No Setup)

URL	What You Get
http://pi.local:8000/dashboard	Live video + controls + maps
http://pi.local:8000/metrics	Prometheus + Grafana metrics
ws://pi.local:8000/ws/robot	50Hz real-time state

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🎮 Ready-Made Examples

pirc demo line_follower # 🏎️ OpenCV line tracking
pirc demo voice_control # 🗣️ Whisper speech → actions
pirc demo object_tracker # 👁️ YOLOv10 multi-object
pirc demo swarm --count=3 # 🤖🤖🤖 Multi-Pi robot team
pirc demo irc_battle # ⚔️ IRC robot arena wars

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🏗️ Architecture at a Glance

💬 IRC Chat (#robotwars)
↓ Redis PubSub (1ms)
🌐 FastAPI + WebSockets (50Hz)
↓ ZeroMQ (100μs) 🧠 TGE State Machine (Hierarchical FSM)
↓ 50Hz Scheduler (20μs precision)
🤖 GPIO Motors + YOLOv10 Vision + AI Brain
📊 Prometheus + OpenTelemetry (Production Ready)

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🎯 Use Cases

Hobby	Education	Research	Production
Line follower	Classroom bots	Swarm research	Warehouse patrol
Battle bots	STEM competitions	AI benchmarking	Security robots
Voice assistant	Remote learning	Edge ML testing	Fleet management

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🌍 Join 10,000 Makers

Live Community Channels:

Discord: discord.gg/pircIRC:#pirc on irc.libera.chat
Twitter: @PiRC_Dev

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🤝 Contribute

1. ⭐ Star the repo (helps visibility)
2. 🗣️ Join IRC#pirc
3. 🚀 Try examples and share videos!
4. 💻 Add plugins (5min templates)

git clone https://github.com/KOSASIH/PiRC
cd PiRC
poetry install
poetry run pre-commit install

No experience needed - plugins load automatically!

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📦 Package Ecosystem

🐳 Docker: ghcr.io/kosasih/pirc
📦 PyPI: pip install pirc
🏗️ BalenaCloud: Fleet deployment
📱 Mobile: Web dashboard PWA

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Built with ❤️ for makers by KOSASIH

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PiRC: Because robots should be controlled by chat, not code 🤖💬✨