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From: nbrown@potomac.ads.com (Nathan Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Request for Information on Robotics Simulation Shells
Message-ID: <9145@potomac.ads.com>
Date: 8 Sep 90 19:03:41 GMT
Reply-To: nbrown@potomac.ads.com (Nathan Brown)
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Arlington VA
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I would appreciate it if anyone could direct my attention to shells that
support robot design specification and simulation.  In particular any shells
that allow the specification of:
  operational environment
  robot's environmental representation
  sensor complement
  effector complement
  behavioral characteristics

Graphical support for:  
  parts interface,
  internal communication structure,
  major internal wiring commonents,
  3-space movement,
  sensor coverage in 3-space
is desirable.

Design instantiation from parts database is desirable.

N.  Brown-- 

Nathon Brown			UUCP: sun!sundc!potomac!nbrown
Advanced Decision Systems	Internet:  nbrown@potomac.ads.com