(Compiler, Bytecode Virtual Machine & Runtime)
Features:
- Easy to learn syntax (similarities with Python)
- Static & Dynamic typing
- Builtin types aimed at AI and Robotics - vector/matrix/tensor
- Physical unit literals (eg.
5kg * 9.81m/s²=49.05N) - Signals & Dataflow engine (signal & event types)
- Object-Oriented (object types, inheritance, interfaces)
- Safety - transitive const (via MVCC) & GC-based memory management
- First class functions (closures)
- Builtin library support for DDS (ROS interop) & gRPC (no codegen required)
- Builtin library support for AI model inference (via ONNX Runtime)
- Distribuited Compute (instantiate actors remotely)
- VM integratable into Real-time control loops via runFor(deadline)
- Bundled OpenCV 5 & Qt 6 bindings
See Roxal-for-devs for an overview.
Note: This is the core language and libraries without any actual proprietary interface for robot control.
IN DEVELOPMENT - BETA