From: Andrew L. <and...@ma...> - 2004-10-27 04:20:32
|
I know the amigobot works well with the standard player/stage interface which is similar to Acroname's stargate model. However I did not see a specific driver for communicating to the Stargate (X-Scale). Does such a thing exist and if not, what types of thing besides the normal player-mod package would be needed to create a driver. thanks, ~Andrew Lynch |
From: Brian G. <ge...@ai...> - 2004-10-27 16:08:23
|
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Andrew Lynch wrote: > I know the amigobot works well with the standard player/stage interface which > is similar to Acroname's stargate model. However I did not see a specific > driver for communicating to the Stargate (X-Scale). Does such a thing exist > and if not, what types of thing besides the normal player-mod package would > be needed to create a driver. The Stargate is an embedded computer, right? If you're asking whether Player can run on that platform, the answer is yes. Player has been cross-compiled for several ARM-based machines, including the Stayton (Intel's first XScale-based board). So if, for example, you want to control an AmigoBot with a Stargate computer, there's no problem, no drivers to write. See the FAQ for help on cross-compiling Player. Now, if you want to control a different kind of robot (perhaps an Acroname product), then you would have to write a driver. Your best best is to look through the existing Player drivers to find one most similar to your application and use it as template. If you provide some details of the robot (e.g., is it controlled via a serial port, what kind of sensors and actuators does it have) we can give advice on how to proceed. brian. -- Brian P. Gerkey ge...@ai... Stanford AI Lab http://ai.stanford.edu/~gerkey |