Is this project dead?

[shannonmoeller]

Many open issues. No recent commits. Is this project dead?

[annegatchell]

I'm really sorry about the lack of activity. We haven't had cycles to allocate to the care of these repos for quite a while, but I hope that it will get picked back up.

[shannonmoeller]

I understand. Just excited by the idea of programming my R2 with Node.js and hoping for movement on stuff like #94.

[joseph-holland]

@shannonmoeller It certainly seems so. Looks like the main contributer has moved to another group and there's been no real activity in about two years.

I actually picked up both R2-D2 and BB-8 droids and ended up returning them as I couldn't program them other than the mobile apps or SDKs on OSX, etc. I had hoped to use the JavaScript SDK to integrate them with my home automation system and had raised a support case to ask about an update to the SDK. I got no response from them and then just gave up and returned the droids.

[deus42]

I want also to play with bb-8, but facing tons of issues with communicating using BLE on MacOS High Sierra. I was trying a different version of Nodejs, found a fixed noble package which works Node v8. But still cannot run a simple example using sphero.js library.

[igbopie]

Hey guys, just an FYI, I am working on a node sdk for the new toys. I have been able to talk with the sphero mini and lighting mcqueen. BB8 and others should be similar. Will keep you posted!

[igbopie]

Progress so far: https://youtu.be/nwYBTmtn5xY

[wyseguyonline]

I too would like to see this project get picked back up. I'm currently working (part of a hackathon) trying to illustrate basic graph and tree concepts using my R2D2 and since I can't connect via my Mac laptop, progress ground to a halt because the iOS app just isn't up to the task of something as simple as adding libraries via a package manager.

[igbopie]

@wyseguyonline You can check https://github.com/igbopie/spherov2.js We can add support to R2D2 :)

[mneira10]

Hi! I was thrilled to get an R2D2 for Christmas and have been trying like crazy to connect to it with Node.js using the Sphero.js package to no avail. Has anyone managed to successfully connect? @igbopie have you managed to add support for R2?

It really is a shame the repos haven't been updated in over 3 years...

[igbopie]

I think it works, but since I don't have one, I can't verify