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Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:35:56 GMT
Original-From: 
dan miller <danbmil99@yahoo.%nomorespam%com>
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Has anyone (other than myself) used Python?  It's a great language, and has
excellent attributes for programming robots (simple, easy to learn,
extremely powerful).  Not clear what compromises would have to be made to
port it to NXT.

Here's an example of some of the stuff people are doing with Python:

http://www.pyrorobotics.org/

(note their grant proposal: "Beyond Lego"!)

Their system is specifically set up to allow communication between a robot
running its own system, and a host computer running Python for high-level
intelligence and planning.



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
 
(...) If by port you mean run Python on the NXT, then the answer is probably no. Python would be far too large to fit on the NXT. If you mean could a Pyro “device interface” be created for the NXT (or RCX too) that certainly seems possible. There (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
 
(...) Well, on my Linux box, the main Python interpreter is in a library called 'libpython' with a teeny-tiny main program running the command line version. The library is about a Megabyte - and depends on other stuff from other libraries. This is (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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