From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,e9aa51c7f1665df8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s22.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" Organization: jrcarter at acm dot org User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [ANN] Player-Ada 2.0.3.0 released References: <4qcaq6Fmg7u7U1@individual.net> <1ruckzczfgwn7$.1o0lhp0ouwqgj.dlg@40tude.net> <4qdv1jFmnkr8U1@individual.net> <1kqwejhzkw59d$.1990rsvzqw0p4.dlg@40tude.net> <4qe3otFmoh6kU1@individual.net> In-Reply-To: <4qe3otFmoh6kU1@individual.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.201.97.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s22 1161979939 12.201.97.213 (Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:12:19 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:12:19 GMT Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:12:19 GMT Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:7238 Date: 2006-10-27T20:12:19+00:00 List-Id: Alex R. Mosteo wrote: > > Well, no and yes. In our case, the Pioneer robots have an embedded board > with PC/104 socket that allows to have a x86 platform running linux. Player > connects to the hardware via RS232. But I suppose you refer to more exotic > platforms? I don't know if it's the question Kazakov was asking, but what I'd like to know is: Does the robot have to be connected to the PC (RS232) in order to function? -- Jeff Carter "What I wouldn't give for a large sock with horse manure in it." Annie Hall 42