There are three simple examples implemented in python and in matlab. They are located in comps/examples/python and comps/examples/matlab. The examples are:
You must set your python and matlab paths as described here before running the examples. Run the python examples by going to comps/examples/python and doing:
python [EXAMPLE_NAME].py
You must launch these examples from the comps/examples/python directory because the data paths in the examples are relative to this directory.
To run the matlab examples, first cd to comps/examples/matlab and launch openrave. Again, openrave must be launched from this directory because the data paths in the examples are relative to this directory. After openrave has launched, execute comps/examples/matlab/[EXAMPLE_NAME].m in Matlab.