ActivMedia Robotics

What’s more, it comes with source code so that you may examine the software and modify it for your own sensors and applications.

Saphira

Saphira, including the Colbert language, is a full-featured robotics control environment developed at SRI International’s Artificial Intelligence Center. Saphira and its ARIA foundation form the robotics-control and applications-development foundation for most ActivMedia robot owners and users. The complete, licensed Saphira robotics development environment, including C/C++ libraries, GUI interface and Simulator, comes bundled with your ActivMedia robot.

Laser Navigation and Localization

Figure 4. ActivMedia’s robot servers require a computer, typically a Windows©- or RedHat© Linux-based PC, to run client software for intelligent robotics command and control operations.

A separate Laser Navigation and Localization package is available as a Saphira add-on. It is a comprehensive suite of software tools and applications by which, with your laser- scanning/range-finder enabled robot, you automatically create, edit, and use maps and floor plans for advanced robotics applications including localization and gradient navigation.

SUPPORTING SOFTWARE

Simulator

The SRIsim Simulator is a connection option that provides a virtual replacement for your ActivMedia robot. By connecting to the simulator instead of a real robot, you can test your client programs, maps, and so on, when the real robot isn’t practical or available.

Mapper

Mapper provides the tools you need to construct a map of your robot’s real operating space (“world”).

THE PIONEER LEGACY

Commercially introduced in Summer 1995, Pioneer 1 is the original platform. It came with a single-board 68HC11-based robot microcontroller and the Pioneer Server Operating System (PSOS) software. Its low-cost and high-performance caused an explosion in the number of researchers and developers who now have access to a real, intelligent mobile robotic platform.

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