Special thanks to John Robert Hoare http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~jhoare/Main/HomePage Windows XP / Vista / 7 instructions: The overall setup of the project involves getting VirtualBox player and running an Ubuntu virtual machine. You will be programming in C++ on your Ubuntu virtual machine. PROTIP: A virtual machine is basically a simplified computer OS (like Windows or Ubuntu) that runs on your computer (think Inception;… Read more →
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Eric Kapitanski Slides: Robotics as Means to Increase Achievement Scores in an Informal Learning Environment Bradley S. Barker and John Ansorge; University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Eric: Pleo Observations
Date: 7/13/12 Person: Male, Caucasian, 50’s, Disney imagineer Male, Asian, 50’s, Possibly Disney imagineer Male, Caucasian, 50’s, Disney imagineer Robot: Grandpa What was the demo: Remote control What did they say: Did you guys make these? We are imagineers, and we do stuff like this for a living. What did they do: Issued “Moo, Call, rock, godzilla, and hiccup” commands.… Read more →
C++ Pleo Serial Port Communication
I believe I was able to issue a command to Pleo via serial port last night in C++. However, I was only able to do a single command before he became unresponsive and needed to be restarted. He also ran out of batteries, so I was unable to recreate my results. I also still need to figure out how to… Read more →
RUN VISUAL STUDIO AS AN ADMINISTRATOR
If you didn’t already know this, always right click and run Visual Studio as an Administrator. Read more →
Pleo Scripting
Progress: Writing Pleo “skits” using GUI program internet dating in beijing Myskit Writing Pleo scripts and compiling them in Pawn without a GUI program Controlling Pleo via serial port and Putty Challenges: Unreliable serial port communications Limited scripting control Next steps: Investigate C++ serial port interface and the LifeOS embedded operating system on Pleo Scripting: I was able to… Read more →
Learning Pleo and His Tools
I have spent quite a bit of time on the Georgia Tech class website that used Pleos, and have tried to follow the instructions there the best I can. The first change I had to make was reformat my computer and install Windows 7 32 bit. I was previously using the 64 bit version, but read that that might cause… Read more →