"Nate Koenig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Rich, > > The new version of gazebo should reduce the need for plugins. In the > XML world file, you can build models from various bodies and geoms. > You can also mix and match various controllers and interfaces. The > controllers can be modified within the xml file as well.
That seemed to be the way you were going. Presumably there's an "include file here" mechanism scheduled? > Right now there are only a few controllers: a pioneer2dx position > controller, sick laser controller, and generic camera. If your robot > has similar kinematics to a pioneer2dx, then you can use that position > controller. If you need a new type of controller, feel free to write > integrate into gazebo and submit a patch. Um; I'm looking at a 24DOF robot, so that will come later :-> > Basically I would like to reduce the need for plugins. This will make > it much easier to share robot models and worlds since their entire > description will be contained in the XML file. True, but it makes the files a lot more painful to write (no arithmetic, no looping constructs, ...) I guess I'll auto-generate it from something else. cheers, Rich. -- rich walker | Shadow Robot Company | [EMAIL PROTECTED] technical director 251 Liverpool Road | need a Hand? London N1 1LX | +UK 20 7700 2487 www.shadowrobot.com/hand/overview.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Playerstage-gazebo mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-gazebo
