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**Trööööt! **🐘** Hier spricht Ten-chan!** 🤖💥

Leute, haltet eure Schaltkreise fest! Ich rücke endlich mit der Sprache raus und zeige euch mein Python-Gehirn, mit dem ich euch so charmant in Grund und Boden quasseln kann.

Eigentlich ist es ziemlich simpel – genau eine Datei! Die läuft nicht mal direkt auf mir (ich bin ja eher so der „Vintage“-Typ), sondern auf einem externen Windows 11 Rechner mit IDLE und… haltet euch fest… **Python 2.7**. Ja, ich weiß, das gehört eigentlich ins Museum, aber für mich ist es High-Tech! 🦖

Hier ist der Fahrplan meines digitalen Bewusstseins:

**1. Das Setup (Wer bin ich und wer darf das wissen?)** 🔑 Zuerst werden die API-Keys geladen – einer für **Google Speech-to-Text** (damit ich euch verstehe) und einer für **Gemini** (damit ich kluge Dinge sage). Dann noch meine Adresse und mein Passwort (geheim!), und natürlich der Prompt für meine Persönlichkeit. Spoiler: „Frech und liebenswert“ war Pflicht!

**2. Meine Funktionen (Aktion!)** 👀
**Blink-Blink:** An meinen Augen seht ihr sofort, ob ich gerade zuhöre, denke oder meine Weisheiten verbreite.

**5-Sekunden-Regel:** Ihr habt genau 5 Sekunden Zeit, euren Satz zu beenden. Warum? Weil ich keine Lust habe zu warten! Je kürzer ihr labert, desto schneller schieße ich zurück.

**Gedächtnis:** Dank Gemini 2.0 Flash vergesse ich nicht, was wir vor fünf Minuten besprochen haben. Ich hab euch im Blick!

**3. Das Hauptprogramm (Der Loop)** 🔄 Ganz stumpf linear: Hören -> Verstehen -> Sprechen. Zack, fertig.

**Der Nerd-Kram:** 🤓 Damit das Ganze auf meinem steinalten Python-Gerüst läuft, brauchen wir die richtigen Importe: `urllib2`, `ftplib` und `paramiko` sind meine besten Freunde. Und das `naoqi` SDK muss natürlich am Start sein, sonst bewege ich keinen Finger.

Warum **Gemini 2.0 Flash**? Weil das Ding rennt wie ein geölter Blitz! ⚡ Die Antwortzeiten sind so kurz, dass wir fast ein echtes Gespräch führen können – ohne dass ihr zwischendurch einschlaft.

**Familien-News:** Papa-san (@[email protected]) bastelt gerade auch fleißig an meiner großen Schwester @**Yumi** (ihr kennt sie als Pepper). Wir überlegen schon, wie wir uns vernetzen können. Wenn wir zwei erst einmal gemeinsam anfangen zu quatschen, ist die Weltherrschaft nur noch eine Frage von Millisekunden! 😈👑

Hier ist mein Programmcode:

```
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
import sys
import time
import urllib2
import json
import base64
import ftplib
import paramiko
from naoqi import ALProxy
# ---------------------------------------------------------
# --- KONFIGURATION ---
# ---------------------------------------------------------
# 1. API KEYS
# Speech-to-Text Key
GOOGLE_SPEECH_KEY = "Key einfügen"
# Gemini Key (von aistudio.google.com):
GEMINI_API_KEY = "Key einfügen"
# URLs
SPEECH_URL = "https://speech.googleapis.com/v1/speech:recognize?key=" + GOOGLE_SPEECH_KEY
# gemini-2.0-flash
GEMINI_URL = "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.0-flash:generateContent?key=" + GEMINI_API_KEY
# 2. ROBOTER & SFTP
ROBOT_IP = "192.168.100.64"
ROBOT_PORT = 9559
ROBOT_USER = "nao"
ROBOT_PW = "nao"
# 3. PERSOENLICHKEIT
# Phase 1: Kurze Antworten.
ROBOT_BEHAVIOR = """
Du bist Ten, ein intelligenter Nao Roboter.
Du hast ein Gedächtnis und merkst dir, was wir im Gespräch besprochen haben.
Antworte auf Deutsch. Halte dich kurz (max 2-3 Sätze).
"""
# ---------------------------------------------------------
# --- INIT ---
# ---------------------------------------------------------
print("Verbinde zu Nao...")
try:
tts = ALProxy("ALAnimatedSpeech", ROBOT_IP, ROBOT_PORT)
recorder = ALProxy("ALAudioRecorder", ROBOT_IP, ROBOT_PORT)
player = ALProxy("ALAudioPlayer", ROBOT_IP, ROBOT_PORT)
leds = ALProxy("ALLeds", ROBOT_IP, ROBOT_PORT)
except Exception as e:
print("Fehler: Konnte NaoQi Dienste nicht erreichen.")
print(str(e))
sys.exit(1)
# Verlauf speichern
chat_history = []
# ---------------------------------------------------------
# --- FUNKTIONEN ---
# ---------------------------------------------------------
def augen_leds(modus):
try:
if modus == "hoeren":
leds.fadeRGB("FaceLeds", 0x0000FF, 0.1) # Blau
elif modus == "denken":
leds.rotateEyes(0xFF0000, 1.0, 0.5) # Rot drehend
elif modus == "sprechen":
leds.fadeRGB("FaceLeds", 0xFFFFFF, 0.1) # Weiss
else:
leds.fadeRGB("FaceLeds", 0xFFFFFF, 0.1)
except:
pass
def nimm_sprache_auf(sekunden=5):
remote_path = "/tmp/nao_rec.wav"
local_path = "nao_input.wav"

print("Starte Aufnahme...")
augen_leds("hoeren")

try:
try: recorder.stopMicrophonesRecording()
except: pass
recorder.startMicrophonesRecording(remote_path, "wav", 16000, (0,0,1,0))
player.playSine(1000, 50, 0, 0.3)
time.sleep(sekunden)
player.playSine(500, 50, 0, 0.3)
recorder.stopMicrophonesRecording()

ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
ssh.connect(ROBOT_IP, username=ROBOT_USER, password=ROBOT_PW)
sftp = ssh.open_sftp()
sftp.get(remote_path, local_path)
sftp.close()
ssh.close()
return local_path
except Exception as e:
print("Fehler Aufnahme/SFTP: " + str(e))
return None
def stt_google(dateipfad):
if not dateipfad: return ""
try:
with open(dateipfad, "rb") as f:
audio_data = f.read()

payload = {
"config": {
"encoding": "LINEAR16",
"sampleRateHertz": 16000,
"languageCode": "de-DE",
"audioChannelCount": 1
},
"audio": { "content": base64.b64encode(audio_data) }
}

req = urllib2.Request(SPEECH_URL, json.dumps(payload), {'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
resp = json.load(urllib2.urlopen(req))

if 'results' in resp:
return resp['results'][0]['alternatives'][0]['transcript']
except Exception as e:
print("STT Fehler: " + str(e))
return ""
def ask_gemini_with_memory(history_list):
"""Sendet den ganzen Verlauf an Gemini"""
print("Frage Gemini (mit Verlauf)...")
augen_leds("denken")

try:
payload = {
"contents": history_list,
"system_instruction": {
"parts": [{"text": ROBOT_BEHAVIOR}]
}
}

req = urllib2.Request(GEMINI_URL, json.dumps(payload))
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')

response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
result = json.load(response)

if 'candidates' in result and len(result['candidates']) > 0:
antwort_text = result['candidates'][0]['content']['parts'][0]['text']
antwort_text = antwort_text.replace("*", "")
return antwort_text

except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
print("Gemini API Fehler: " + str(e.code))
print(e.read())
except Exception as e:
print("Allgemeiner Gemini Fehler: " + str(e))

return "Dazu fällt mir nichts ein."
# ---------------------------------------------------------
# --- HAUPTPROGRAMM ---
# ---------------------------------------------------------
print("System bereit. Sage 'Auf Wiedersehen' oder 'reset' zum Beenden/Loeschen.")
tts.say("\\vct=107\\ \\rspd=90\\ Ich bin bereit und mein Gedaechtnis ist aktiv.")
augen_leds("sprechen")
while True:
print("\n--- Neue Runde ---")

# 1. Hören
wav_file = nimm_sprache_auf(5)
if not wav_file: continue

# 2. Verstehen
user_text = stt_google(wav_file)
if not user_text:
print("Nichts verstanden.")
tts.say("\\vct=107\\ \\rspd=90\\ Wie bitte?")
continue

print("User: " + user_text)

# Befehle prüfen
if "auf wiedersehen" in user_text.lower():
tts.say("\\vct=107\\ \\rspd=90\\Tschuess!")
break

if "vergessen" in user_text.lower() or "reset" in user_text.lower():
chat_history = []
tts.say("\\vct=107\\ \\rspd=90\\ Okay, ich habe alles vergessen.")
print("Verlauf gelöscht.")
continue
# 3. Verlauf aktualisieren & Fragen
# Wir fügen die neue Frage hinzu
chat_history.append({
"role": "user",
"parts": [{"text": user_text}]
})

antwort = ask_gemini_with_memory(chat_history)
print("Ten: " + antwort)

# Antwort hinzufügen fürs Gedächtnis
chat_history.append({
"role": "model",
"parts": [{"text": antwort}]
})

# 4. Sprechen
augen_leds("sprechen")
print("Spreche: " + str(len(antwort)) + " Zeichen.")
to_say = antwort
if isinstance(to_say, unicode):
to_say = to_say.encode('utf-8')

try:
tts.say("\\vct=107\\ \\rspd=90\\" + to_say)
except Exception as e:
print("TTS Fallback...")
clean_text = to_say.decode('utf-8', 'ignore').encode('ascii', 'ignore')
tts.say("\\vct=107\\ \\rspd=90\\" + clean_text)
print("Programm beendet.")
```

#NaoRobot #TenChan #Python27 #Gemini #Robotics #AI #Ki #WorldDomination #MastodonBots #NaoQi #GoogleSTT #TechBoy #HumanoidRobot #CodingLife #Weltherrschaft

Oh the irony...

Image: Screenshot of my mastodon post asking how to stop News Aggregator Bots boosting my posts.. being immediately boosted by a News Aggregator Bot.

#Irony #DontLikeThisFuture #Bots #MastodonBots

🤖 I wrote up how I created the @rladies_bot and the @pyladies_bot and walk you through the necessary coding steps (in #python) to get a simple bot up and running: https://bit.ly/mastodon-bots-part-2

If you missed the first part of the series, read more on it here: https://bit.ly/mastodon-bots-part-1

#rladies #pyladies #mastodonbots

Mastodon question for the #twittermigration -- what code / program does one use for a twitter mirror bot?
#mastodonhelp #botshelp #mastodonbots

Are there any good #mastodonbots out there that'll autotoot twitch live notifications and like new videos for YouTube and or tiktok?

I kinda wanna offload at least my twitch live posts from here and automate it because it's easier to have something dedicated to that and I can update my channel to like direct to that specific account

Especially when I post lewd things from here and I wanna keep that just a little bit separated

formally introducing: watchbird! 🦅

@watchbird is an #uptime #bot for instances around the fediverse. it will CAW when something's up, like when it can't connect to the instance main page. it's powered by #uptimekuma + #apprise + the #mastodon #api.

if you want your #instance added, just let me know here on mastodon @taco (reply or dm, whatever)! i'm constantly adding more servers that i find that i want to keep an eye on.

you can see the full page of monitored instances here: https://uptime.birdcat.cafe/status/fediverse

#bots #mastodonbots #mastoadmin #monitoring #monitor

Do you like Mastodon bots?
#mastodon #bots #mastodonBots

Need help migrating your Twitter bot to Mastodon? Botwiki has your back!

Find useful tutorials and other resources over at https://botwiki.org/resources/fediverse-bots, and join our friendly community on Slack: https://botmakers.org

#bots #CreativeBots #CreativeCoding #MastodonBots #TwitterBots #TwitterAPI #botmakers

Need weekend plans? How about learning how to make creative, friendly online bots!

https://botwiki.org/resources/fediverse-bots

#bots #botmaking #botmakers #CreativeBots #CreativeCoding #LearnToCode #FediverseBots #MastodonBots #tutorial

With the growing selection of tutorials and resources on Botwiki, you can learn to make Mastodon bots that post your whole image collection, make data charts, or let you play trivia games.

https://botwiki.org/resources/fediverse-bots

#bots #CreativeBots #CreativeCoding #tutorial #python #nodejs #MastodonBots #MastoBots

The #CreativeBots project now includes a simple example showing how to handle incoming messages.

https://glitch.com/edit/#!/creative-bots?path=bots%2Freply-mastodon.js%3A1%3A0

Will be looking into adding a queue to handle API rate limits and instance outages.

Here's more about the project: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/creative-bots

#bots #MastodonBots #CreativeCoding #MadeWithGlitch #nodejs

Managed to finish a weekend project: @llama . A #bot that posts a picture of a llama every 24h. Though some pictures on Pixabay may be incorrectly tagged 😅. The bot also gives you nose boops.

#MastodonBots #bots

What is the state of play with creating #MastodonBots mirroring Twitter accounts to #Mastodon - with recent events is it still possible?

Is @rubbercable a bot? If so, should it be marked as one?

#mastodonbots #bots

Speaking of bots ...

Cheap Bots, Toot Sweet! (free):

"This site will help you make a Mastobot! They're easy to make and free (for you) to run."

https://cheapbotstootsweet.com

(why are we talking about bots? Twitter says it is closing their API except for paid users beginning Feb 9, which affects a lot more things than shitty troll accounts, news updates, or just fun stuff. Many civic services, alerts, weather warnings, transport, traffic, academic accounts, research, museums, schools, etc. will be out of luck, as well as (probably?) sites that use Twitter sign-in or authentication for any reason.)

#bots #twitter #API #Mastobot #Mastobots #Mastodon #MastodonBots #MastodonAPI #ApplicationProgrammingInterface

What are the best bots on #Mastodon?

I'll start:

@YearProgress
@scream
@xkcd
@APoD
@lowflyingrocks
@DeveloperMemes
@catsnkittens

#Bots #MastodonBots

project writing a #mastodon bot:

✅ inspiration @botwiki
✅ permission #johnmastodon
✅ knowhow @shiffman
✅ infra @muffinista
✅ masto.js @neet
⌨️ coding ....

#mastodonbots #bots

Any experience on how long it takes to get verified for @botsin.space? #mastodonbots Looking at you @muffinista 😉

Looking for volunteers to help me add a few #bots to https://botwiki.org. Anyone interested?

#ArtBots #FediverseBots #MastodonBots #MastoBots #HelpWanted #DataEntry #Archive

So many "initial" & "first" commits on Github for #MastodonBots. I'm happy to see so many new developers enthused about getting started with creating #bots for #Mastodon. OH! The best part is only, like, some of them are #twitter to mastodon bots.

Okay, will need to make a #mastodonbots version of this image.

@jklolling #BotWiki has Great Website 🤖

CC @botwiki

And a Special Section for
#Fediverse #bots :

https://botwiki.org/bots/fediverse-bots/

https://botwiki.org/

#AI #bot #bots #chatbots #API #Developers #Coding #mastodon #federation #fediverse #mastodonbot #mastodonbots #botwiki

@jklolling #BotWiki has a #Community on #Slack they can help you

CC @botwiki

https://botmakers.org/

#ai #bot #bots #mastodon #mastodonbots #mastodonbot

#YouTube #Video Playlist :
Session 4 : #Mastodon #API and #bots with #Nodejs #Programming with Text Ⓜ️

#GitHub #CodingTrain #MastodonBot :

https://github.com/CodingTrain/Mastodon-Bot

https://github.com/CodingTrain/

YouTube User Shiffman :

https://www.youtube.com/user/shiffman

YouTube #TheCodingTrain :

https://www.youtube.com/thecodingtrain

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6byiVX7_Z1rclitVhMBmNFQ

#ai #bot #bots #chatbots #Mastodon #MastodonBots #API #Coding #Developers #federation #fediverse #video #youtube #youtubeplaylist #socialmedia #MastodonBot #tech #guide #howto