The Player Project

Hi,
Sorry for the much delayed response, I hope it is still of some use. Player
uses c++ drivers that generally communicate via TCP sockets. This means that
you will need a custom protocol for communicating with your robot via the
serial port, and then to write a plugin driver for player that wraps that
protocol with player interfaces. For the protocol it self this is up to you.
For the plugin drivers there are a couple of examples included in the player
source tree.

Toby

On 20/02/2008, Eshwaran VijayKumar <eshwaran.vijaykumar@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>      I am an undergraduate student developing a swarm related algorithm
> using  Player/Stage V2.10 RC1.. I am planning on using a custom built iBot
> board<http://triindia.co.in/shop/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=57>.
> to build the real robots. The board in question has been used by people for
> integration with Microsoft Robot Studio. So I am hoping that it will be
> possible to integrate the same onto Player/Stage. However, I would like to
> know how I should go about the process? Are there any tutorials available
> that can guide me ? Since the key objective of my project is to highlight
> proof of cooperation between real and virtual robots - I am hoping to be
> able to virtualize the real robots so that I can add on virtual sensors and
> just use and command the odometry and motors of the real robot. Any pointers
> on how I could go about this would be extremely valuable.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Regards
> Eshwaran
>
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I am trying to install gazebo-0.8-pre2 on Mac OS 10.5.2. When I run  
scons, I get an error, saying that OGRE is not installed. However, I  
installed the OGRE 1.4.7 SDK for Mac OSX. Part of the error msg is:

Package OGRE was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `OGRE.pc'

But there is no 'OGRE.pc' on my entire harddrive. This file is only in  
the OGRE 1.4.7 Source for Linux / OSX, but the source-installation  
doesnt compile as well. Btw, "pkg-config" has not been available in  
the first place, so I installed it from source.

With ode-0.9 its not much different. When compiling, I get a lot of  
warnings, like:

drawstuff.cpp:200: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant  
to ‘char*’

The make ends with errors:
...
/System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Headers/cssmconfig.h:64:  
error: conflicting declaration ‘typedef uint32_t uint32’
../../include/ode/config.h:348: error: ‘uint32’ has a previous  
declaration as ‘typedef short unsigned int uint32’
...
make[2]: *** [libdrawstuff_a-osx.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Did anyone get this running on Mac OS? What could be the problem?

Ulrich


some console logs:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

mbp-2:gazebo-0.8-pre2 daddy$ scons
scons: Reading SConscript files ...
detected CPU atributes:
Checking for [pkg-config --cflags --libs OGRE]
Package OGRE was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `OGRE.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'OGRE' found
Unable to parse config [pkg-config --cflags --libs OGRE]
Ogre3d and development files are required, but not found.
   http://www.ogre3d.org/

--

mbp-2:ode-0.9 daddy$ make
Making all in include
Making all in ode
make  all-am
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
Making all in drawstuff
Making all in src
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../include/ode   -g -I../../include - 
I../../include -g -I/usr/X11/include -L/usr/X11/lib -MT libdrawstuff_a- 
drawstuff.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/libdrawstuff_a-drawstuff.Tpo -c -o  
libdrawstuff_a-drawstuff.o `test -f 'drawstuff.cpp' || echo  
'./'`drawstuff.cpp
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void skipWhiteSpace(char*, FILE*)’:
drawstuff.cpp:142: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant  
to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp:148: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant  
to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘int readNumber(char*, FILE*)’:
drawstuff.cpp:169: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant  
to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In constructor ‘Image::Image(char*)’:
drawstuff.cpp:182: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant  
to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp:186: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant  
to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp:198: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant  
to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp:200: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant  
to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp:217: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant  
to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsStartGraphics(int, int,  
dsFunctions*)’:
drawstuff.cpp:893: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant  
to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsDrawFrame(int, int, dsFunctions*,  
int)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1079: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsSimulationLoop(int, char**, int,  
int, dsFunctions*)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1260: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp:1273: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsSetViewpoint(float*, float*)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1284: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsGetViewpoint(float*, float*)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1301: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsSetTexture(int)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1317: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsSetColor(float, float, float)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1324: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsSetColorAlpha(float, float, float,  
float)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1335: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsDrawBox(const float*, const float*,  
const float*)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1346: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsDrawConvex(const float*, const  
float*, float*, unsigned int, float*, unsigned int, unsigned int*)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1370: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsDrawSphere(const float*, const  
float*, float)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1391: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsDrawTriangle(const float*, const  
float*, const float*, const float*, const float*, int)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1428: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsDrawCylinder(const float*, const  
float*, float, float)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1440: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsDrawCapsule(const float*, const  
float*, float, float)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1462: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
drawstuff.cpp: In function ‘void dsDrawConvexD(const double*, const  
double*, double*, unsigned int, double*, unsigned int, unsigned int*)’:
drawstuff.cpp:1512: warning: deprecated conversion from string  
constant to ‘char*’
mv -f .deps/libdrawstuff_a-drawstuff.Tpo .deps/libdrawstuff_a- 
drawstuff.Po
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../include/ode   -g -I../../include - 
I../../include -g -I/usr/X11/include -L/usr/X11/lib -MT libdrawstuff_a- 
osx.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/libdrawstuff_a-osx.Tpo -c -o libdrawstuff_a- 
osx.o `test -f 'osx.cpp' || echo './'`osx.cpp
In file included from /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/ 
Headers/Security.h:24,
                  from /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Headers/ 
LSSharedFileList.h:32,
                  from /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Headers/ 
LaunchServices.h:37,
                  from /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
CoreServices.framework/Headers/CoreServices.h:41,
                  from /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/ 
Headers/Carbon.h:20,
                  from osx.cpp:42:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Headers/cssmconfig.h:64:  
error: conflicting declaration ‘typedef uint32_t uint32’
../../include/ode/config.h:348: error: ‘uint32’ has a previous  
declaration as ‘typedef short unsigned int uint32’
osx.cpp: In function ‘void dsError(char*, ...)’:
osx.cpp:106: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to  
‘char*’
osx.cpp: In function ‘void dsDebug(char*, ...)’:
osx.cpp:115: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to  
‘char*’
osx.cpp: In function ‘void captureFrame(int)’:
osx.cpp:136: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to  
‘char*’
osx.cpp: In function ‘OSStatus  
osxKeyEventHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)’:
osx.cpp:183: warning: ‘long int GetScriptVariable(short int, short  
int)’ is deprecated (declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/ 
Script.h:1174)
osx.cpp:183: warning: ‘long int GetScriptVariable(short int, short  
int)’ is deprecated (declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/ 
Script.h:1174)
osx.cpp:186: warning: ‘void UppercaseText(char*, short int,  
ScriptCode)’ is deprecated (declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/ 
TextUtils.h:323)
osx.cpp:186: warning: ‘void UppercaseText(char*, short int,  
ScriptCode)’ is deprecated (declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/ 
TextUtils.h:323)
osx.cpp: In function ‘void osxCloseMainWindow()’:
osx.cpp:318: warning: ‘GLboolean aglSetDrawable(__AGLContextRec*,  
OpaqueGrafPtr*)’ is deprecated (declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
AGL.framework/Headers/agl.h:322)
osx.cpp:318: warning: ‘GLboolean aglSetDrawable(__AGLContextRec*,  
OpaqueGrafPtr*)’ is deprecated (declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
AGL.framework/Headers/agl.h:322)
osx.cpp:324: warning: ‘OSStatus ReleaseWindow(OpaqueWindowPtr*)’ is  
deprecated (declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/ 
Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Headers/MacWindows.h:11118)
osx.cpp:324: warning: ‘OSStatus ReleaseWindow(OpaqueWindowPtr*)’ is  
deprecated (declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/ 
Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Headers/MacWindows.h:11118)
osx.cpp: In function ‘void osxCreateMainWindow(int, int)’:
osx.cpp:387: warning: ‘AGLDevice’ is deprecated (declared at /System/ 
Library/Frameworks/AGL.framework/Headers/agl.h:53)
osx.cpp:387: warning: ‘GDevice** GetMainDevice()’ is deprecated  
(declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/ 
Frameworks/QD.framework/Headers/QuickdrawAPI.h:3314)
osx.cpp:387: warning: ‘GDevice** GetMainDevice()’ is deprecated  
(declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/ 
Frameworks/QD.framework/Headers/QuickdrawAPI.h:3314)
osx.cpp:442: warning: ‘GLboolean aglSetDrawable(__AGLContextRec*,  
OpaqueGrafPtr*)’ is deprecated (declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
AGL.framework/Headers/agl.h:322)
osx.cpp:442: warning: ‘GLboolean aglSetDrawable(__AGLContextRec*,  
OpaqueGrafPtr*)’ is deprecated (declared at /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
AGL.framework/Headers/agl.h:322)
make[2]: *** [libdrawstuff_a-osx.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1