NAOqi comes with a list of core modules that are always available.
Every module comes with a list of default methods.
You can read the API that is shared by every module in the ALModule API section.
Vision and perception modules also inherit methods from Extractors.
A few general purpose modules are also available by default.
| Use ... | To ... |
|---|---|
| ALAutonomousLife | Maintain the robot life cycle and manage the launching of activities |
| ALAutonomousMoves | Start and stop Expressive Listening |
| ALBehaviorManager | Start and stop behaviors |
| ALConnectionManager | Manage connection to a network and its configuration |
| ALMemory | Get and insert data for every other module to use |
| ALModule | Create your own modules |
| ALNotificationManager | Manage notifications |
| ALPreferenceManager | Read and save robot settings |
| ALResourceManager | Handle resources |
| ALStore | Retrieve applications from the Aldebaran Store |
| ALSystem | Manage the robot system |
| ALUserSession | Manages the state of active users, and the bindings to their data |
| ALTabletService | Load web application, play videos, and manage the tablet itself |
| ALWorldRepresentation | Store long term data about detected objects in a spatially structured database |
| PackageManager | Manage packages: installation, uninstallation |
| Deprecated modules | |
|---|---|
| ALBonjour | Advertises NAOqi on Bonjour |
| ALLauncher | Loads dynamic libraries inside NAOqi process and runs executables |
| ALLogger | Logs information on the robot from a remote machine |
| ALPreferences | Read and save settings from configuration files |