Re: [simspark-devel] Nao models

[Oliver O. <oli...@cs...>]

On 17/03/2009, at 1:51 AM, Sander van Dijk wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I have received the Nao models from Aldebaran. I will try and get  
> them into the simulator, which shouldn't be too hard since they are  
> in .obj files. The only thing is, that they mentioned they don't  
> want to have it so that people can just change them and give them  
> three ears or a mexican hat. At the least this will probably mean we  
> will have to supply them in a seperate package under another  
> license. I will discuss this further with them.

I'd suggest that this just means that for the competition (and showing  
off the Nao model as part of the competition), i.e. the organisers  
take care that the simulator on a competition is using the "official"  
model... so no special license would be needed. But it's good to ask  
them, I agree.

While I understand that they don't want to have Nao's with 3 ears or a  
Mexican hat (though ...), it also means teams cannot use individual  
uniforms or something like that (?).

> They also sent the latest documentation with more elaborate specs  
> (mass, motors, sizes, etc.), but with instructions not to spread it  
> too easily, since it's still in beta. Am I correct that this mailing  
> list is open to the public?

this is correct, anyone can subscribe.
"not spread too easily" could mean we implement the specs, but make no  
big fuss out of it. In this case, I probably would probably only ask  
if it's OK to publish them once they are final.

cheers
Oliver