Robots

Robots are entitys in a game, that can act independently of the player.

There have been some robot-mods written:

Current mods

Builders & Construction-machines

• basic_machines: Forum github by rnd - mod for automation, logic, electronics building. Wiki at github.
• digtron: Forum github by FaceDeer - A modular tunnel boring/construction machine.
• TBM 0.4: Forum dropbox dropbox2 by aldobr - Tunnel Boring Machine [0.4 beta]
• TBM 0.5: Forum github by Dan Duncombe - TBM Reloaded! [0.5]
• TBM 0.6: Forum github by kpo - 2015-02-22

• Towntest: Forum github by Sokomine - Grow a town in minetest.
• TownChest: Forum github by bell07 - builds houses. Fork of towntest.
• see also Alive-AI

Misc/Vehicles

• RC-Car github by kaeza - toycar, drives back&forth between two points
• Tractor: Forum github by mootpoint - Cute little tractor for harvesting and planting wheat and other crops.

Computing

• basic_robot_csm by rnd - Forum github - a lua-sandbox / chat-bot / calculator, with multi-tab editor.
• ComputerTest by Neuromancer - Forum github - something similar to ComputerCraft (2014-01)

• Digiterms [digiterm] by hdastwb - Forum github - terminal nodes for interaction with digiline networks (2013-08)

Needs Digilines and mesecons_luacontroller

• Functional Lua Computers [digicompute] by octacian - Forum github - attempt at functional computers and networking devices
• Lua Computers [datamine] by Byakuren Forum github - working computer

Currently, the computer runs a simple OS that only supports echoing the user's input back.

• Computers by kaeza Forum github - Decorative Computers

See also mod HomeDecor

• Realistics laptops: [computers] by Jimy Byerley Forum github - can be closed, opened, can type commands that are executed.

Uses graphics and parts from mod technology.

Robots

• Alive-AI: Forum by UjEdwin - WIP, builds houses. See also mobs.

• Maidroid: Forum github by tig-m5. Inspired by littleMaidMob.

• Advanced NPC; Forum github+wiki by zorman2000 - NPCs to interact with (talk, trade...) that simulate having some kind of life (i.e. a daily schedule). Support for mg_villages mod.

• simple_robots github by HybridDog, 2015-08 - working, but cumbersome userinterface. Uses a BASIC-like language
• MinersRobots, github by lovelas, 2016-03 - Fork of simple_robots
• TurtleMiner: Forum github by BirgitLachner - WIP / Tutor. Aim is to teach kids how to program in Lua.
  • Fork by ,,,
  • Fork by rubenwardy github - With editor.
  • my patches

• basic_robot: Forum, github by rnd/ac-minetest - programmable robot for minetest, usable in multiplayer. Uses Lua.

Programs from the tutorial at ROBOTS-server

More new programs for basic_robot by silizium - 'new', as in 'using coroutines' (new since 2020-11)

• sign-bot - A robot controlled by signs - github
• visual-bots - "turtle" style bots, programmable in a visual way - github

• ...

Old mods

Probably abandoned / downloads expired / not working:

• forth turtle thing by jin_xi, 2013-02-11 v0.2, download-link down, likely abondoned
• Turtles (robots) github by Nore/Ekdohibs: WIP 2015-02 - uses pipeworks, digilines, Forth
• Workers by LocaL_ALchemisT / LionsDen, 2013-08
• HoverBot by Pilcrow182, 2015-04

See also

• Mods:Learning
• Mesecons
• Pipeworks
• Technic

• Vehicles
  • Advanced Trains
  • Hyperloop

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