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Is FOSS and ROS integration.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 January 2015 05:01:04 GMT+00:00, Peter Worden <peterworden@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">This is my first year with First Robotics team 3277. The first thing I thought about when I was told we would like to try the swerve, also known as crab, drive was that simulation would be nice. I thought immediately of Blender and found this group has a shared interest. I think that First Robotics teams would all benefit from being able to create their code and test in simulation mode with Blender providing the means.<div><br></div><div>I don't know how a Java or C++ application written in Eclipse could communicate with Blender, but it sure would be nice.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the main problems had by many teams is the inability to program efficiently due to lack of access to a prototype or the actual robot itself due to designing and fabrication that takes place leaving a crunch for time on the programming phase. I was recently shown a video giving examples of the problem and then some. <a
href="http://youtu.be/b1ujooRbqg4?t=2m16s">http://youtu.be/b1ujooRbqg4?t=2m16s</a></div><div><br></div><div>We may not end up using the swerve drive due to lack of parts availability, but that doesn't nullify the need for prototyping and simulation.</div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div>Peter Worden</div></div>
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