Robot Simulator Updates
Looks like the next release of robotSim will include a lot of really exciting changes. We’ve been in talks with more manufacturers (press release announcements coming shortly), so more robot models within the sim are definitely on their way. As well, the robotFoundry team has been busy writing a sample Generic robot driver, with the example targeting the Player Project. This will mean that robotFoundry will be capable of generating code for all Player supported robots. While we will not initially be including all Player/Player-Stage robots within the simulator, we are definitely looking towards including higher profile robots such as the Pioneer. If anyone has any opinions regarding which Player robots they would like to see included in the robot simulator, please leave a comment.
We’ve also been hard at work developing a new application robotBuilder, which will be of tremendous benefit to the sim. Rather than using our default sensor configurations for robots like the Roomba and Create, robotBuilder will allow you to visually configure the sensors on your robot and then dynamically create your configured robot within the simulator.
A release date has not yet been set, but you can probably expect to see the new products before summer.
definitely like to see the pioneer