Hi all.
It's been about a year since we last coordinated and met on IRC. Many of us went off at that time for other work (myself for thesis and exams). I'd like to revive the Robotics SIG again, and I hope you can also contribute some time and effort.
I'm quite happy to announce that we have finally released the Fawkes Robot Software Framework which we use on all of our robots. The website is at http://www.fawkesrobotics.org. I'm currently working on making it ready for inclusion in Fedora. This brings several components e.g. Player does not provide, most importantly a behavior engine, a scripting environment that allows you to "just make the robot do something" in the simulation environment, something that can become an important part of a demo LiveCD.
Other major pieces of software we introduced (or wanted to) as Robotics SIG are the Player and Stage packages. Player is in there, but is waiting for a major upgrade. The Stage review stalled and was closed, the Gazebo review never posted. Fortunately I was contacted recently by someone wanting to jump on the Player/Stage train.
So I would like to coordinate with everybody interested in the Robotics SIG on how to go forward from here. Some things to consider: - Learn about and integrate new people, there have been quite a few new subscriptions to the mailing list, so I hope for more work force :-) - Player/Stage/Gazebo packaging - Fawkes inclusion and small "robotics game" to develop to get the user easily involved in a simulation environment - RoboCup Soccer Server demo apps (maybe available already?) - New software packages to include - Finally prepare for a LiveCD containing all the robot software with an easy to use simulation environment, especially as teaser - Documentation to get people started with robotics (and the LiveCD) - Toby Collet's distro coordination request
If we have enough interested people we might propose this as a feature for F-13?
So I think we should discuss a bit and eventually meet on IRC within the next two weeks or so. I'm pretty open on work days, what about you?
Regards from Aachen, Tim
Hi Tim,
On ۰۹/۱۰/۰۲ 03:01, Tim Niemueller wrote:
Hi all.
It's been about a year since we last coordinated and met on IRC. Many of us went off at that time for other work (myself for thesis and exams). I'd like to revive the Robotics SIG again, and I hope you can also contribute some time and effort.
I'm quite happy to announce that we have finally released the Fawkes Robot Software Framework which we use on all of our robots. The website is athttp://www.fawkesrobotics.org. I'm currently working on making it ready for inclusion in Fedora. This brings several components e.g. Player does not provide, most importantly a behavior engine, a scripting environment that allows you to "just make the robot do something" in the simulation environment, something that can become an important part of a demo LiveCD.
Great!
Other major pieces of software we introduced (or wanted to) as Robotics SIG are the Player and Stage packages. Player is in there, but is waiting for a major upgrade. The Stage review stalled and was closed, the Gazebo review never posted. Fortunately I was contacted recently by someone wanting to jump on the Player/Stage train.
So I would like to coordinate with everybody interested in the Robotics SIG on how to go forward from here. Some things to consider:
- Learn about and integrate new people, there have been quite a few new subscriptions to the mailing list, so I hope for more work force :-)
- Player/Stage/Gazebo packaging
- Fawkes inclusion and small "robotics game" to develop to get the user easily involved in a simulation environment
- RoboCup Soccer Server demo apps (maybe available already?)
No, they are not. There is not anything as an official demo applications; and I don't have enough motivation to package a team as a demo application since I'm not sure if packaging some teams just to show the possibilities of RoboCup Soccer Server worth the needed effort! AFAIK, they (in the package form) are not usable for anything but a demo.
- New software packages to include
- Finally prepare for a LiveCD containing all the robot software with an easy to use simulation environment, especially as teaser
- Documentation to get people started with robotics (and the LiveCD)
- Toby Collet's distro coordination request
If we have enough interested people we might propose this as a feature for F-13?
I hope so!
So I think we should discuss a bit and eventually meet on IRC within the next two weeks or so. I'm pretty open on work days, what about you?
I think I can be available almost on any days.
Thanks, Hedayat
Regards from Aachen, Tim
On 02.10.2009 01:31, Tim Niemueller wrote:
Hi all.
So I think we should discuss a bit and eventually meet on IRC within the next two weeks or so. I'm pretty open on work days, what about you?
Here are some dates, please reply when it's ok for you: - Thursday, Oct 8th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC - Monday, Oct 12th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC - Thursday, Oct 15th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
Regards, Tim
Hi,
On ۰۹/۱۰/۰۶ 11:58, Tim Niemueller wrote:
On 02.10.2009 01:31, Tim Niemueller wrote:
Hi all.
So I think we should discuss a bit and eventually meet on IRC within the next two weeks or so. I'm pretty open on work days, what about you?
Here are some dates, please reply when it's ok for you:
- Thursday, Oct 8th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
- Monday, Oct 12th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
- Thursday, Oct 15th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
I am unable to be available on October 8th, but other dates should be fine with me. Also, I prefer 16:00 UTC.
Thanks, Hedayat
Regards, Tim
Hi,
10/8 is out of the question since it was yesterday, but I'm available the other two days at 16:00
Rich
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Hedayat Vatankhah hedayatv@gmail.comwrote:
Hi,
On ۰۹/۱۰/۰۶ 11:58, Tim Niemueller wrote:
On 02.10.2009 01:31, Tim Niemueller wrote:
Hi all.
So I think we should discuss a bit and eventually meet on IRC within the next two weeks or so. I'm pretty open on work days, what about you?
Here are some dates, please reply when it's ok for you:
- Thursday, Oct 8th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
- Monday, Oct 12th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
- Thursday, Oct 15th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
I am unable to be available on October 8th, but other dates should be fine with me. Also, I prefer 16:00 UTC.
Thanks, Hedayat
Regards,
Tim
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Thursday, Oct 15th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
________________________________ From: Rich Mattes richmattes@gmail.com To: Fedora Robotics SIG fedora-robotics-list@redhat.com Sent: Sat, October 10, 2009 12:52:16 AM Subject: Re: [Fedora Robotics] Reviving Robotics SIG
Hi,
10/8 is out of the question since it was yesterday, but I'm available the other two days at 16:00
Rich
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Hedayat Vatankhah hedayatv@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
On ۰۹/۱۰/۰۶ 11:58, Tim Niemueller wrote:
On 02.10.2009 01:31, Tim Niemueller wrote:
Hi all.
So I think we should discuss a bit and eventually meet on IRC within the
next two weeks or so. I'm pretty open on work days, what about you?
Here are some dates, please reply when it's ok for you:
- Thursday, Oct 8th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
- Monday, Oct 12th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
- Thursday, Oct 15th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
I am unable to be available on October 8th, but other dates should be fine with me. Also, I prefer 16:00 UTC.
Thanks, Hedayat
Regards,
Tim
Fedora-robotics-list mailing list
Fedora-robotics-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-robotics-list
Thursday, Oct 15th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
________________________________ From: Hedayat Vatankhah hedayatv@gmail.com To: Fedora Robotics SIG fedora-robotics-list@redhat.com Sent: Wed, October 7, 2009 6:35:38 AM Subject: Re: [Fedora Robotics] Reviving Robotics SIG
Hi,
On ۰۹/۱۰/۰۶ 11:58, Tim Niemueller wrote:
On 02.10.2009 01:31, Tim Niemueller wrote:
Hi all.
So I think we should discuss a bit and eventually meet on IRC within the next two weeks or so. I'm pretty open on work days, what about you?
Here are some dates, please reply when it's ok for you:
- Thursday, Oct 8th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
- Monday, Oct 12th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
- Thursday, Oct 15th, 9:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC
I am unable to be available on October 8th, but other dates should be fine with me. Also, I prefer 16:00 UTC.
Thanks, Hedayat
Regards, Tim
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Hi all.
Based on the received feedback I'm scheduling the IRC meeting for the Fedora Robotics SIG for *Thursday, Oct 15th, 16:00 UTC*. The meeting will be held on Freenode IRC in #fedora-robotics.
I will update the wiki page to reflect this. Please, try to attend numerous, so that we can get things rolling again. My proposal for the topics was in the original mail of this thread. Please make a note if you want to see anything else or want to change something on the list.
Regards, Tim
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