[Edu-sig] re: Pyro, Python Robotics Pyro

[Douglas S. Blank]

Arthur <ajsiegel at optonline.net> said:

> Jason writes -
> 
> >Pyro is a library, environment, graphical user interface, and low-level
> >drivers to explore AI and robotics using the Python language.
> 
> Getting Pyro up and running seems like a job, even on Linux.  Not sure it is
> even a possibility on Windows.  I had checked the news group, and saw some
> indication of limitations of functionality under Windows.

It isn't as bad as it was 6 months ago. We've removed the dependencies on 
OpenGL. We have a group of developers, and getting larger. The ports to 
Windows and Mac OS X have just begun (the hard part will be the C vision 
code, I think).

This part of a 3-year NSF-funded project. We are just getting together our 
first testing schools; next year we will introduce it to the masses.

Any feedback from this group will gladly be incorporated into the 
project/code/materials. We do want to make it wasy for any schmos, including 
Art :) Even the docs and classroom materials are in a wiki.

Good luck!

-Doug 

> 
> On the other hand, it does seem like a very interesting project.
> 
> Perhaps I will continue my penance for being such a pain-in-the -ass by
> taking a crack at seeing what would be involved in making Pyro more
> accessible to your average schmo.
> 
> Not unselfish. This schmo would like to be getting a hands on look at it in
> any case.
> 
> Art
> 
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