Python Examples

The programming examples included in this directory cover various aspects of the Spot API from an introduction to commanding Spot through Python to incorporating a tensorflow model to registration of payloads. Check out each example’s README for information on how to run and what the code accomplishes.

Boston Dynamics recommends completing the QuickStart guide before running examples in order to learn essential concepts for using the SDK.

Recommended Examples

Developers getting acquainted with the SDK may find it easier to start with certain introductory examples before progressing to more advanced ones. Here we group some of the most fundamental SDK examples by their complexity. In addition to these highlighted examples, the complete set of examples can be found below, grouped based on which parts of the API the example code is featuring, in the table of contents.

Introductory Examples

• Hello Spot

• Directory

• Get Robot State

Intermediate Examples

• Frame Trajectory

• Data Acquisition Service

• Self Registration

• Graph Nav View Map

• Graph Nav View GPS Data

• GPS Service

Advanced Examples

• Mission Recorder

• Xbox Controller

Contents

• Basic Service Examples
• Robot Behavior and Commands Examples
• Arm Command Examples
• Payloads and Registration Examples
• Perception and World Objects Examples
• Logging Examples
• Data Acquisition Examples
• Autonomy and Missions Examples
• Joint Control API Examples
• Orbit