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RObotic Simulation Erlang eNgine

ROSEN: the RObotic Simulation Erlang eNgine

Compiling

First of all you need erlang and esdl.

Erlang can be found at http://www.erlang.org ESDL can be found at http://esdl.sourceforge.net

On Ubuntu (and probably any other Debian-based system), you can use the following command to install all required packages:

$ sudo apt-get install erlang erlang-esdl

After unpacking the tarball, type:

$ ./configure

and then

$ make

This will compile ROSEN and the examples. The binaries of ROSEN can be found in the "ebin" dir, while, for the examples, you can find both source code and binaries in "examples".

Testing the library

Type:

$ erl -pa ebin -pa examples

and then, from the erlang shell:

1> test:objects().

If everything is ok, you will see some 3D objects (a cube, a cylinder a cone, a shpere, etc.) of various colors rotating in the 3D space. Press "q" to terminate the program and return to the shell.

Moving the scene

While looking a 3D scene, you may use the following keys to move it:

"1"                 --> Zoom out
"2"                 --> Zoom in
"Left/Right Arrow"  --> Rotate left/right the scene
"Up/Down" Arrow"    --> Rotate up/down the scene
"c"                 --> Show camera position
"ESC" or "q"        --> Close the 3D window and terminate ROSEN

Problems?

Please drop a mail to Corrado Santoro ([e-mail]).