## 🚀 ALTRUS Middleware Framework

**ALTRUS (Adaptive Life-support & Therapeutic Robotic Unit System)** is a production-ready, intent-driven, fault-tolerant middleware framework designed for high-reliability assistive robotic systems.

ALTRUS provides a robust microkernel-inspired architecture that separates high-level intent arbitration from low-level execution, backed by an immutable blockchain ledger for total accountability.

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## 🌟 Key Features

### 1. Intent Engine (Production Grade)
* **Arbitrated Decision Making**: Conflict resolution using customizable preemption rules and policies.
* **SLA Enforcement**: Automatic monitoring of intent execution times with built-in retry and escalation.
* **Concurrency Safe**: Fully thread-safe runtime optimized for high-frequency intent streams.

### 2. Fault Engine (High Reliability)
* **Severity-Aware Analysis**: Intelligent categorization of faults (LOW to CRITICAL).
* **Automated Recovery**: Pluggable strategies for system self-healing.
* **System State Machine**: Authoritative lifecycle management (READY, RUNNING, DEGRADED, FAILED).

### 3. Blockchain Ledger (Audit Ready)
* **Immutable Audit Trail**: Tamper-evident logging of all system events.
* **Merkle Integration**: Cryptographic verification of ledger integrity.
* **Forensic Capability**: Designed for post-incident ACanalysis and compliance.

### 4. Observability & Monitoring
* **Metrics Integration**: Native Prometheus support for real-time tracking.
* **Advanced Monitoring**: Grafana dashboards and alerting rules included.
* **Structured Logging**: Production-grade JSON logging for ELK/Loki.

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## 🌍 Everything-Agnostic Design

ALTRUS is designed to be the "source of truth" in a heterogeneous robot environment:

*   **Platform Agnostic**: Runs anywhere Python 3.10+ exists (Linux, macOS, Windows) and is fully containerized (Docker/K8s).
*   **Language Agnostic Architecture**: Uses standard JSON for all data persistence and communication. While the kernel is Python, its architectural patterns support multi-language implementation via sidecar/RPC patterns.
*   **Communication Agnostic**: Not tied to any specific protocol (ROS2, MQTT, gRPC). Adapters can be written to bridge ALTRUS to any transport layer.

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## 🛠 Installation

```bash
git clone <repo-url>
cd altrus
pip install .
```

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## 📚 Documentation
- [Architecture Overview](docs/architecture.md)
- [User Guide](docs/user_guide.md)
- [Developer Guide](docs/developer_guide.md)
- **[Complete Integration Guide](INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md)** ← Start here for real robot deployment
  - Emotion Detection Framework Integration
  - Intent-Based Locomotion Handling
  - Health Monitoring System Integration
  - Hardware & Software Integration (sensors, APIs, telemedicine, safety)
  - End-to-End Testing Procedure
  - Practical Troubleshooting Guide

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## ⚖️ License
ALTRUS is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).

