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From: cleary@everest.ccs.northeastern.edu (Michael Cleary)
Subject: Re: robot prog. language
In-Reply-To: mehlhaus@i60s33.ira.uka.de's message of 24 Nov 1993 07: 40:49 GMT
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In article <2cv361INN688@iraun1.ira.uka.de> mehlhaus@i60s33.ira.uka.de (Ulrich Mehlhaus) writes:

> I'm looking for a programming language called rccl

This is the last posting on rccl I'm aware of:

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   The Robot Control C Library (RCCL) is a robot programming language and
   environment, embedded in C, which runs in real-time on certain UNIX
   workstations and is typically connected to PUMA robots as a replacement
   for VAL. It is particularly useful for applications involving sensor-driven
   trajectory tracking, and is currently in use at several sites in North
   America and Europe.

   The system also comes with a graphics simulator (no dynamics yet) that can
   be used in place of a real robot. This runs under X11 or GL and supports
   PUMA, Stanford, and Elbow type manipulators.

   Host systems include Sparc/SunOS (not yet Solaris 2.X), SGI/IRIX,
   MicroVaxen running 4.3 BSD.uVAX, and VxWorks; system can be connected to
   PUMA 260/560/760 robots with Mark I,II, and III controllers. Sun and SGI
   systems require a VME bus connection. Interfacing to other robots is
   possible *if* you can arrange the necessary low-level interface.

   RCCL is free for non-commercial and research applications; other
   conditions are contained in the copyright notice. The complete system
   source with manuals (PostScript) is available from anonymous ftp at
   larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu:rccl/rccl.4.2.tar.Z. For more information, get
   the file rcclInfo.txt from the same site.

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   John Lloyd                   Research Center for Intelligent Machines
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   (514) 398-8281                       Fax: (514) 398-7348



> Ulrich Mehlhaus          Institute for Real-Time Computer Systems and Robotics
> University of Karlsruhe   Kaiserstrasse 12   P.O.Box 6980    D-76128 Karlsruhe
> email: mehlhaus@ira.uka.de    tel: xx/49/721/6084243    fax : xx/49/721/606740



Separately, does the Institute for Real-Time Computer Systems and Robotics
have an anonymous ftp site for papers?  And/or can you give me the email
address for Dr. Tim Lueth? 

Thanks, Mike








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Michael Cleary              cleary@ccs.neu.edu              (617) 373-5242
Robotic & Vision Systems Lab,  Northeastern University,  Boston,  Ma.  USA
