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From: lloyd@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (John Lloyd)
Subject: Re: Simulators for teaching purposes
Message-ID: <1992Jun6.043752.9780@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
References: <4499@shum.huji.ac.il>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 92 04:37:52 GMT
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In article <4499@shum.huji.ac.il>, werman@humus.cs.huji.ac.il (Werman
michael) writes:
> 
> 	I would appreciate information on programs that could be used in
> a robotics course that has no access to real robots, there is access to
> X-terminals and indigo computers.
> 
> 	Thanks

Actually, you may find the Robot Control C Library (RCCL) useful here.
It's a robot programming environment embedded in C/UNIX. A graphics
simulator is provided which supports the PUMA, Stanford, and ``Elbow''
manipulators. The system can be compiled on SGIs (so the Indigo should
be fine), and the graphics runs under either X or GL. 

You can get the system from us, for a small fee to cover copying and
shipping. Send me some mail if you are interested.

John Lloyd			Research Center for Intelligent Machines
lloyd@curly.mcrcim.mcgill.edu   McGill University, Montreal
(514) 398-8281			Fax: (514) 398-7348


