From: brian g. <bg...@po...> - 2002-11-07 18:19:52
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hi, We've just released Player 1.3. The release notes are appended below. Also, we're now distributing Andrew's RTK graphics toolkit as a separate package, called 'libRTK', and we've just released libRTK 2.1. Both can be download from the usual place: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42445 Enjoy. brian,andrew,rich. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes Release Name: 1.3 This release represents significant internal changes to Player, as well as some user-visible modifications. There is not yet a matching version of Stage, but it's coming soon. The highlights: * Movie capture support in the playerv viewer program (NOTE: you now need to install RTK separately in order to build playerv). * New interface/driver model. There are now generic device interfaces (e.g., position) that define data, command, and configuration formats. Multiple device drivers (e.g., p2os_position, rwi_position) support those interfaces, and appear identically to clients. * Multiplatform support. Player is now running (experimentally) on a variety of platforms, including Solaris and Linux on embedded PPC (e.g., iPAQ). * RWI support. Experimental drivers for RWI robots via Mobility. * REB support. Experimental drivers for robots based on K-Team's robot extension board. * Several new fiducial (beacon) drivers, using laser and visual data. * Now using GNU Autotools, which simplifies build and installation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |