HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)

Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992.

Table of Contents

• Inspiration
• Prerequisites
• Setup
• Running the Program
• Demo Video
• Photo Gallery

Inspiration

Prerequisites

• You have a working Linux environment with a microphone, speakers, and monitor.
  • For our demo, we host the project on a Beagle-YAI
• You have cloned this repository and are in the root
• You have installed Python

Setup

1. Run the following commands in the terminal

sudo apt install Stockfish
sudo apt install alsa-utils  
sudo apt install python3-pyaudio alsa-utils  
sudo apt install portaudio19-dev python3-all-dev  
sudo apt-get install flac

2. Create a virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install Python dependencies
   pip install -r requirements.txt

Running the Program

1. python hal.py
2. In the output console, there will be an IP and port. Navigate to that link in your web browser to access the chess GUI.

Demo Video

Photo Gallery

Outer Shell

Hosted on Beagle-YAI

Inside setup with Beagle and cables

Full setup with HAL and GUI