Hi Marek,<br><br>Nice to meet a fellow roboticist. :-) <br><br>YARP is especially useful for modular robots. Those robots are individual robot modules that form together a robot organism. YARP allows <b>on-the-fly reconfiguration</b> of communication channels between those robots and their software components. A component does not need to know which other component to connect to, in other words it supports exogenous coordination. Moreover, it can be used as in Player/Stage to communicate with a simulator in a transparent way. I really hope it will become the new standard in robotics. It is already used by many projects, see e.g. <a href="http://www.icub.org/">http://www.icub.org/</a><br>
<br>Kind regards,<br><br>Anne<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 August 2010 14:57, Marek Brudka <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mbrudka@aster.pl">mbrudka@aster.pl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi Anne,<br>
<br>
It is a pity I cannot sponsor your package. I am not DD, just plain doc<br>
writer/packager. But I am a roboticists! :)<br>
<br>
BTW. YARP is quite adequate. 10 years ago I programmed robots in my PhD<br>
thesis using MRROC++ package (QNX). I am not sure if it is still alive,<br>
I have to ask my old university mates about it when I meet them in the<br>
next few months.<br>
<br>
Marek<br>
<br>
<br>
W dniu 24.08.2010 23:21, Anne van Rossum pisze:<br>
<div class="im">> Dear ACE developers,<br>
><br>
> For your information, YARP is a communication infrastructure that uses<br>
ACE. If you are interested in supporting it, please, feel free to<br>
contact me. YARP stands for *Yet Another Robot Platform*. This<br>
description is quite modest, there is no other robot platform that I<br>
know off. Its upstream developers are very friendly and eager to apply<br>
patches. I hope it's not rude to send this email. There are not a lot of<br>
roboticists who are also DDs. :-)<br>
><br>
> I would like to make use of the opportunity to thank you for your<br>
software and packaging efforts.<br>
><br>
> Kind regards,<br>
><br>
> Anne<br>
><br>
> PS: This is the email I sent to debian-mentors.<br>
><br>
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "yarp".<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> * Package name : yarp<br>
> Version : 2.3.0-1<br>
> Upstream Author : Paul Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:paulfitz@alum.mit.edu">paulfitz@alum.mit.edu</a><br>
</div><mailto:<a href="mailto:paulfitz@alum.mit.edu">paulfitz@alum.mit.edu</a>>><br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> * URL : <a href="http://eris.liralab.it/yarp/" target="_blank">http://eris.liralab.it/yarp/</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> * License : GNU LGPLv2.1 (unless otherwise stated)<br>
> Section : net<br>
><br>
> It builds these binary packages:<br>
> libyarp - Library support for YARP network of ports and devices<br>
> libyarp-dev - Header files for YARP library<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> libyarp-dev0 - YARP network of devices<br>
> libyarp-init0 - YARP network initialisation<br>
> libyarp-os0 - YARP network of ports<br>
> libyarp-sig0 - YARP image processing interfaces<br>
> yarp-bin - CLI to YARP network of ports and devices<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> yarp-doc - Documentation for YARP library<br>
> yarp-view - Graphical viewer for data on the YARP network<br>
><br>
> The package appears to be lintian clean. Upstream is eager to apply<br>
patches.<br>
><br>
> My motivation for maintaining this package is: YARP (Yet Another Robot<br>
Platform) is unique<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> in its kind. It provides a general interface to allow for TCP, UDP,<br>
shared memory, and<br>
> multicast communication. We intend to use it in Robot3D, a simulator<br>
for modular robots,<br>
> at <a href="https://launchpad.net/robot3d" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/robot3d</a>. Screenshots can be seen at<br>
<a href="http://www.robotcognition.eu/" target="_blank">http://www.robotcognition.eu/</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Robot3D builds on Delta3D (<a href="http://www.delta3d.org" target="_blank">http://www.delta3d.org</a><br>
<<a href="http://www.delta3d.org/" target="_blank">http://www.delta3d.org/</a>>, also in need for sponsoring). Using<br>
> YARP Robot3D can be a real competitor for Player/Stage with respect to<br>
pluggability.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The package can be found on <a href="http://mentors.debian.net" target="_blank">mentors.debian.net</a><br>
</div></div><<a href="http://mentors.debian.net/" target="_blank">http://mentors.debian.net/</a>>:<br>
<div class="im">> - URL: <a href="http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/y/yarp" target="_blank">http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/y/yarp</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> - Source repository: deb-src <a href="http://mentors.debian.net/debian" target="_blank">http://mentors.debian.net/debian</a> unstable<br>
main contrib non-free<br>
><br>
> - dget <a href="http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/y/yarp/yarp_2.3.0-1.dsc" target="_blank">http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/y/yarp/yarp_2.3.0-1.dsc</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Kind regards<br>
> Anne van Rossum<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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