From: Neelam C. <nee...@ya...> - 2004-01-04 18:58:26
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Hi, I am looking at various simulators for my MS-Thesis, one of them is Gazebo. My objective is to create animal-like creature and observe its growth and how it learns different basic functions of life, like walking, avoiding obstacles using various algorithms (Genetic, Reinforcement Learning and Memetic Learning). I have been reading the manuals and have come to conclusion that Gazebo has very limited robot structures with an option to add more, as suggested in Docs. 7.1. But since the base objects are mostly rectangles and circles, will it be feasible to modify one of the existing model? Warm Wishes, Neelam _______________________________ A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944) A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825) --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 |
From: ahoward <ah...@po...> - 2004-01-09 19:41:25
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Hi Neelam: Could you clarify you question a little? It is certainly possible to create relatively complex robots in Gazebo (see the Shrimp model that was recently contributed), but you are limited to fairly simply geometric components (spheres, cylinders and boxes, for example). Is there something else you need? A. On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Neelam Chauhan wrote: > Hi, > I am looking at various simulators for my MS-Thesis, one of them is > Gazebo. > My objective is to create animal-like creature and observe its growth > and how it learns different basic functions of life, like walking, > avoiding obstacles using various algorithms (Genetic, Reinforcement > Learning and Memetic Learning). > I have been reading the manuals and have come to conclusion that > Gazebo has very limited robot structures with an option to add more, > as suggested in Docs. 7.1. But since the base objects are mostly > rectangles and circles, will it be feasible to modify one of the > existing model? > > Warm Wishes, > Neelam > > > > > _______________________________ > > A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944) > > > A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825) > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 Andrew Howard email: ah...@po... Department of Computer Science http: www-robotics.usc.edu/~ahoward University of Southern California phone: 1 (213) 740 6416 Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. 90089-0781 fax: 1 (213) 821 5696 << Insert pithy saying here >>> |