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Playing with the Player Project

Issue 188

From Issue #188
December 2009

Dec 01, 2009  By Kevin Sikorski
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The Player Project is a robot-control software framework for interfacing with PC-based robots. Learn how to use it to interface with sensors, actuators and even full research robots.

Resources

The Player Project's Main Web Site: playerstage.sourceforge.net

Full Source Code for the Drive-by-IR Program: ftp.linuxjournal.com/pub/lj/listings/issue188/10566.tgz

CoroWare's CoroBot (a robot that provides drivers for working under the Player system): www.corobot.net

A List of Institutions That Use Player: playerstage.sourceforge.net/wiki/PlayerUsers

Kevin Sikorski is a Robotics Architect at CoroWare Technologies where he designs, builds and programs mobile robots, and develops simulation software. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking in the Cascades and stargazing with his telescope.

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