From: Eshwaran V. <esh...@gm...> - 2008-02-20 09:07:06
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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 |
From: Toby C. <tco...@pl...> - 2008-03-27 18:13:02
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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 <esh...@gm...> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Playerstage-users mailing list > Pla...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-users > > -- This email is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged and/or confidential information |