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| + | <embed style="width:320px; height:240px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" | ||
| + | src="http://vision.eng.shu.ac.uk/mypath/flvplayer.swf" width="320" height="240" | ||
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| + | One can control the Robobuilder from within an interactive Ruby session (also available as <a href="http://vision.eng.shu.ac.uk/jan/robobuilder1.avi">15.5 MByte DivX3 video</a> and available on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w34KPsjQlc">Youtube</a>) | ||
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| + | =Todo= | ||
| + | * Implement various commands of ''direct mode'' | ||
| + | * Implement commands for uploading motion sequences | ||
| + | * Add support for Bluetooth communication | ||
| + | * Port serial communication module to Windows | ||
=External Links= | =External Links= | ||
Revision as of 21:37, 3 October 2009
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One can control the Robobuilder from within an interactive Ruby session (also available as 15.5 MByte DivX3 video and available on Youtube)
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Ruby Examples
Using the RBC controller
You can download the Ruby-extension for controlling the Robobuilder using a GNU+Linux PC here:
Here is a small example program which makes the robot get up if it's lying on its back or its front.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'robobuilder'
require 'matrix'
class Vector
def norm
Math.sqrt inner_product( self )
end
end
robot = Robobuilder.new '/dev/ttyUSB0'
puts "Robobuilder"
puts "Serial number: #{robot.serial_number}"
acceleration = Vector[ *robot.accelerometer ]
if acceleration.inner_product( Vector[ 0, 0, 1 ] ) >
acceleration.norm * 0.97
robot.basic
robot.a
elsif acceleration.inner_product( Vector[ 0, 0, 1 ] ) <
-acceleration.norm * 0.97
robot.basic
robot.b
end
acceleration = Vector[ *robot.accelerometer ]
if acceleration.inner_product( Vector[ 0, 1, 0 ] ) >
acceleration.norm * 0.97
robot.run 1
end
robot.close
Todo
- Implement various commands of direct mode
- Implement commands for uploading motion sequences
- Add support for Bluetooth communication
- Port serial communication module to Windows
External Links
- Robobuilder Ltd. (Korean manufacturer)
- Robosavvy (UK distributor)
