HI all
hmm where shall I start.
if you want the point then jump down to "my point"
Introduction:
If I were to put myself on a ladder, indicating my level of robotics
compared to you guys I would not be on the bottom rung. I would be under
the pavemnet on which the ladder stands.
My interest in robotics was triggered after having to fix some rug
warriors for a small almost insignificant section of a lab class at the
university I work at.
so I know electronics yes Im a techie.
I fixed the rug warriors yes - but i wasnt impressed with them.
Also my son of 5 no doubt like most kids has shown interest in things
that move. We often spend time together "playing" with knex. I have
never liked leggo i find its interconnections weak and un mechanical.
robots looked like the next step.
So i went looking for something that:
A) simulated on a pc with no hardware required
b) worked outa the box
c) had an easy language to learn
d) was expandable right on into the real world
I came across pyrobot. I am a work:winxp home:ubuntu user and I speak a
little python.could it be any better?
I first watched the videostreams . looked great
I then made a pyrobot live cd (as the instructions to get it all to work
on Ubuntu looked a little invloved. I am not a computer IT person)
"my point":
The liveCD worked and I followed the getting started. this is great....
now what do I do?
I can see lots of brains and stages and soccer things but have no idea
how to "start them"
BTW the latest live cd, the curriculum links that bring up the pdfs
etc..they dont work. it says file not found or something as such.
Id like to show my boy the soccer simulation..(i assume it has one?)
maybe follow some course notes if they are available for the next step
beyond getting started.
Anyway Ill go digging thru the web site today but thought Id drop a note
first.
you have done an exceptional job from what I can see I cant speak more
highly of it. The getting started has me sucked in :) so now what?
id like to work mostly on the sim stuff and at bottom rung levels
Many many thanks.
Griffle
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