[Robotics] Feedback on MORSE installation instructions...

[Adolfo Rodríguez Tsouroukdissian]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Alexey Zakharov <alexey.zakharov at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hello Adolfo,
>
> I would say the second case, the project itself is not specific to Collada
> support in Blender. But I am actively using Bledner for modeling purpose and
> would like to contribute.
>

Alexey,

I'm a big advocate of using Collada in robotics, and I'm in the process of
looking out what's out there. I'd like to understand the scope of your
project, and so have some additional questions. Are you using OpenCollada to
access Collada files?; also, what parts of your project are (will be)
Blender-agnostic, and which are Blender-specific?. I ask these questions
because I'm trying to grasp where the current Collada-related initiatives in
robotics stand (yours, [1], [2]), especially the extent to which they
overlap or complement each other.

Thanks in advance,

Adolfo.

[1] http://openrave.programmingvision.com/index.php/Started:COLLADA
[2] http://www.ros.org/wiki/collada_urdf


>
> Best regards,
> Alexey
>
>
> 2011/1/10 Adolfo Rodríguez Tsouroukdissian <
> adolfo.rodriguez at pal-robotics.com>
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Alexey Zakharov <
>> alexey.zakharov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Severin and MORSE developers
>>> Thanks for the interest.
>>> I forgot to introduce myself. I am a software developer in GPS gmbh
>>> (Stuttgart). Together with University of Leuven we are participating in EU
>>> project "BRICS", best practices in robotics.
>>> We are using collada as a data exchange file format, because it is
>>> capable to represent mobile manipulators. So far to create a model, I have
>>> to use a text editor and do everything manually and spend lots of time.
>>> Blender already has a basic support of collada format based on OpenCollada
>>> loader, however kinematics part and better support for different types of
>>> geometrical primitives (e.g triangles, triangle fans, and etc.) are missing.
>>>
>>> I have made initial effort already: collected a number of reference
>>> models and started to extend loader. At the moment it is just a proof of
>>> concept. It could load simple collada model and maps its kinematics to an
>>> armature. If some one has a C++ example how to create and edit armature in
>>> Blender, it would help a lot.
>>>
>>> I plan to upload everything on git. May be we could add it to the MORSE
>>> repository as well.
>>>
>>
>> Alexey,
>>
>> Is the scope of your project specific to Collada support in Blender, or
>> are parts of it Blender-agnostic?.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Adolfo
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Adolfo Rodríguez Tsouroukdissian, Ph. D.
>>
>> Robotics engineer
>> PAL ROBOTICS S.L
>> http://www.pal-robotics.com
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