[Robotics] Robot Drive Simulation With Blender - First Robotics Competition

[Will Jackson]

Suggest you look at Gazebo _ Includes choice of physics engines 
Is FOSS and ROS integration.


On 22 January 2015 05:01:04 GMT+00:00, Peter Worden <peterworden at gmail.com> wrote:
>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.
>
>I don't know how a Java or C++ application written in Eclipse could
>communicate with Blender, but it sure would be nice.
>
>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.  http://youtu.be/b1ujooRbqg4?t=2m16s
>
>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.
>
>Respectfully,
>Peter Worden
>
>
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