tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post451958747415847613..comments2024-03-29T06:41:55.943-04:00Comments on The Multiverse According to Ben: Open-Source Robots + Robot Simulators + Virtual Worlds + AI = ???Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12743597120529571571noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post-4931897328517990812023-02-20T00:28:45.834-05:002023-02-20T00:28:45.834-05:00I enjoyed reading your blog post about the multive...I enjoyed reading your blog post about the multiverse according to Ben. I definitely commend your post for its insight into the future of robotics. 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If, as Ben suggests, something like Gazebo were properly integrated into something like Opensim (an open source version of the Second Life engine), people could play with this stuff and trade ideas easily without investing in the hardware.<br /><br />The important bit is to know that you're simulating something that actually could exist in reality, or maybe does already at some price point. That would greatly reduce the investment cost of getting into robotics. Presently, if you're not an ace mecha/electro-hacker, you're pretty much limited to Lego, which is cool for what it does but no where near state of the art. On the other side, most robotics folks are (IMSHO) great at the mechanics and electronics, but almost Luddite in their attitude towards software. They see it as a necessary evil, not a boon to the field. 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If you grab the iCub source code, there's an ODE based simulator in <A HREF="http://www.robotcub.org/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/iCub/src/iCubSimulation/" REL="nofollow">src/iCubSimulation</A>, and a webots simulator in <A HREF="http://www.robotcub.org/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/iCub/src/webots/" REL="nofollow">src/webots</A>. I work with the ODE one and it is coming along nicely. You can control either of the simulators (or the actual robot) using <A HREF="http://eris.liralab.it/yarp/" REL="nofollow">YARP</A> or just a plain-text socket protocol.<BR/><BR/>The ODE simulator is easy to compile on Linux. On windows it is a bit awkward, but we release a compiled version of it (see the windows binaries link on the YARP home page).<BR/><BR/>There's a <A HREF="http://www.robotcub.org/summerschool" REL="nofollow">summer school</A> call out for people who want to come work on the actual robot in July :-)Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783154576239068913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post-53780755596387084112008-05-11T22:15:00.000-04:002008-05-11T22:15:00.000-04:00longish blog post regarding this topic:http://arti...longish blog post regarding this topic:<BR/><BR/>http://artiphys.blogspot.com/2008/05/back-to-virtual-reality.html<BR/><BR/>hope this doesn't get spamblocked.artiphyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17021068999415055325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post-26718624438631562422008-05-11T04:58:00.000-04:002008-05-11T04:58:00.000-04:00> Sadly at present if you want to get people invol...> Sadly at present if you want to get people involved in an open source robotics project it's going to be a mostly simulated affair.<BR/><BR/>But it doesn't have to be a sad affair! If, as Ben suggests, something like Gazebo were properly integrated into something like Opensim (an open source version of the Second Life engine), people could play with this stuff and trade ideas easily without investing in the hardware.<BR/><BR/>The important bit is to know that you're simulating something that actually could exist in reality, or maybe does already at some price point. That would greatly reduce the investment cost of getting into robotics. Presently, if you're not an ace mecha/electro-hacker, you're pretty much limited to Lego, which is cool for what it does but no where near state of the art. On the other side, most robotics folks are (IMSHO) great at the mechanics and electronics, but almost Luddite in their attitude towards software. They see it as a necessary evil, not a boon to the field. They are also severely suspicious of simulation; they see it as a crutch or some sort of cop-out (or simply not realistic enough to be useful).<BR/><BR/>Classic chicken/egg syndrome...<BR/><BR/>Artiphys (dan miller)artiphyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17021068999415055325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11168555.post-23958613004341706522008-05-03T05:15:00.000-04:002008-05-03T05:15:00.000-04:00Just the fact that iCub is open source is to be we...Just the fact that iCub is open source is to be welcomed, since most most academic robotics research in the past has not been. However the mere fact that the source code is available does not necessarily mean that this project will be any more successful than the large number of open source AI/robotics projects on Sourceforge.<BR/><BR/>Sadly at present if you want to get people involved in an open source robotics project it's going to be a mostly simulated affair. There is still no really affordable PC based robot platform, despite efforts by Tom Burick and a few others in the past, although I think it's only a matter of time before one appears (most robots are not much more than a PC on wheels after all). Once some sort of common platform is available that's when progress can really start happening with developers swapping code.<BR/><BR/>So, to make something like iCub a successful open source project I think they will need to put much effort into the simulation, making it as realistic as possible and also having an easy way for developers to connect to it and test their algorithms. One way to boost popularity might be to assign a certain amount of useage time on the real iCub to people whose simulations are judged to be the best, as a weekly or monthly competition. The developer then gets the thrill of seeing whether his simulated system really works.Bob Mottramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508972554031337434noreply@blogger.com