Feature/i chat bot interface

doc/release/yarp_3_9_master/feature_device_iChatBot_interface.md

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+feature_device_iChatBot_interface {#master}
+---------------
+
+### Devices - libYARP_dev
+
+#### `IChatBot`
+
+* Added a `yarp` `interface` to interact with chatbots. It allows to send messages and receive answers and to manage the bot language.
+
+* This does not features "implementation-specific" functionalities that could benefit the user but are not universally available among the various chatbot that can be found online. The idea is to open new PR in the future with new interfaces derived from `yarp::dev::IChatBot` that will model different "classes" of
+chatbots (an example on how chatbots can be classified, can be found in this article: [A critical review of state-of-the-art chatbot designs and applications](https://doi.org/10.1002/widm.1434))

src/devices/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ yarp_begin_plugin_library(yarpmod
   add_subdirectory(openNI2DepthCamera)
   add_subdirectory(fakeDepthCamera)
   add_subdirectory(fakebot)
+  add_subdirectory(fakeChatBotDevice)
   add_subdirectory(fakeMotionControl)
   add_subdirectory(fakeAnalogSensor)
   add_subdirectory(fakeBattery)
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ yarp_begin_plugin_library(yarpmod
   add_subdirectory(portaudioPlayer)
   add_subdirectory(portaudioRecorder)
   add_subdirectory(imuBosch_BNO055)
+  add_subdirectory(IChatBotMsgs)
   add_subdirectory(ILLMMsgs)
   add_subdirectory(IAudioGrabberMsgs)
   add_subdirectory(IMap2DMsgs)
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ yarp_begin_plugin_library(yarpmod
   add_subdirectory(SDLJoypad)
   add_subdirectory(battery_nwc_yarp)
   add_subdirectory(battery_nws_yarp)
+  add_subdirectory(chatBot_nwc_yarp)
+  add_subdirectory(chatBot_nws_yarp)
   add_subdirectory(upowerBattery)
   add_subdirectory(Rangefinder2D_nws_yarp)
   add_subdirectory(Rangefinder2D_nwc_yarp)

src/devices/IChatBotMsgs/CMakeLists.txt

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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2023 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+if(NOT YARP_COMPILE_DEVICE_PLUGINS)
+  return()
+endif()
+
+include(YarpChooseIDL)
+yarp_choose_idl(ICHATBOTMSGS_THRIFT IChatBotMsgs.thrift)
+
+add_library(IChatBotMsgs OBJECT)
+
+target_sources(IChatBotMsgs PRIVATE ${ICHATBOTMSGS_THRIFT_GEN_FILES})
+
+target_link_libraries(IChatBotMsgs
+  PRIVATE
+    YARP::YARP_dev
+    YARP::YARP_os
+    YARP::YARP_sig
+)
+
+target_include_directories(IChatBotMsgs PUBLIC ${ICHATBOTMSGS_THRIFT_BUILD_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+set_property(TARGET IChatBotMsgs PROPERTY FOLDER "Devices/Shared")

src/devices/IChatBotMsgs/IChatBotMsgs.thrift

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+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2023 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+struct return_interact{
+    1: bool result;
+    2: string messageOut;
+}
+
+struct return_getLanguage{
+    1: bool result;
+    2: string language;
+}
+
+service IChatBotMsgs {
+    return_interact interactRPC(1: string messageIn);
+    bool setLanguageRPC(1: string language);
+    return_getLanguage getLanguageRPC();
+    bool resetBotRPC();
+}