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10:37 pm
November 8, 2008


Dingo_aus

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Just thought I'd share a Robotics book with you guys thta I've found to be a worthwhile investment.


The book is:

'Robot Programming – A Practical Guide to Behaviour-Based Robotics' by Joseph L Jones.

This book is all about high level software design.  It doesn't show too much code by rather develops algorithms and shows methods of approaching problems.

I am building a carpet rover with a RTOS (or at least a context switching OS).  This book is great for showing how to use a context switching OS to create multiple simple behaviours to build up more complex behaviours rather than my naive 'big-bang' approach.

It has really helped me break down the problems of a carpet rover and get my software focussed on a goal whilst keeping complexity reduced.

Futurlec sell it for A%35 + $4postage:

http://www.futurlec.com.au/BooksRobotic.jsp


Check out Amazon reviews if you want more details


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8:46 pm
December 18, 2008


kymhorsell

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For some small projects I've used an old multi-threaded language called "Edison" designed by Per Brinch Hansen.

Like most of my leanings, it's pretty old, but it predates most of Microblot's ideas so it actually is worthwhile. :)

Lemme see if I can post a link to the doc:

http://kym.massbus.org//edison/edison.htm

And I have an interpreted version for x86 h/w (could be modified to produce asm for x86 or other micros — it's its own self-contained micro O/S anyway):

http://kym.massbus.org//edison/edison-1.0.100.tgz

Also, go to "edison" dir for README and maybe other info.

In unlikely event there's any interest, I can quickly (i.e. 1-2 weeks) work this up into something that will work native on misc platforms. ;)

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