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

[Florian Lier]

Hi all,

you should have a look at the MORSE [1][2] project.

Cheers, Florian

[1] https://www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/
[2] https://www.openrobots.org/morse/doc/stable/morse.html

On 01/22/2015 06:01 AM, Peter Worden 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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