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Bot-Kit 1.0 Released
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Thu, 10 Dec 1998 02:07:30 GMT
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I am pleased say that I have now been able to release Bot-Kit 1.0 which
provides an interface between MindStorms/Cybermaster and the Smalltalk
programming language. This is available for download from
http://www.object-arts.com/Bower/Bot-Kit. This link also contains more
information about what you can expect from the system.
The new version contains a fair few changes compared with the original beta
of few months back. A quick summary of the changes is as follows:
1. The new version comes with complete documentation including a number of
tutorials and a reference section. All of the classes and methods in the
package are commented so you can use these for reference information too.
2. I have added more support for the Cybermaster including the ability to
access the specialised features such as the on board tachometers associated
with each of the built-in motors. There is also a very straightforward
example class called CyberTruck to get you started. The documentation
includes a number of notes to guide Cybermaster owners so that they too can
follow the tutorials relatively easily.
3. I have chosen to simplify much of the Bot-Kit internal workings compared
with the beta version. I have removed the ability to use complex Smalltalk
expressions since this simplifies the overall code. I found when playing
around with the original version that I hardly ever used such expressions so
their complexity and the restrictions they placed on the number of available
global variables it did not seem warranted. I hope this meets with your
approval.
4. I have included two sample "BugBot" robots. One runs a collision
avoidance
program and the other is a very simplistic line follower. Both of these are
fully discussed within the documentation.
I hope that you find this new version to be worth the wait.
Best regards,
Andy Bower
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