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Software => Software => Topic started by: goalus on June 05, 2010, 01:04:02 PM

Title: beginner
Post by: goalus on June 05, 2010, 01:04:02 PM

Hi,

I am a beginner to robotics... I and my team are planning to build a robot with basic locomotion, basic vision(to avoid obstacles while moving) and if possible even a basic arm... I will take care of the programing and math part. Our time limit is nearly 1 year.

Generally what programing language is used for making robots like i mentioned above? and the duration required for to do it??

Title: Re: beginner
Post by: HyperNerd on June 05, 2010, 02:01:57 PM

Hi and welcome to the forum :)

What controller are you using? For a robot like this, if possible you would want some sort of computer onboard to do all the power-hungry stuff, such as processing the camera.

If you use a windows computer, I would suggest Visual BASIC .NET, as it is very easy to learn and quite powerful.

As for the duration required, that depends on how good your coding is ;)

I would say (Anyone else feel free to correct me here), probably a few weeks of coding, followed by about a week or two of fine tuning and bug fixing.

 -HyperNerd

Title: Re: beginner
Post by: goalus on June 06, 2010, 04:02:49 AM

Thanks,

I will start from july 1st.... will definitely be needing your support and advice...

Title: Re: beginner
Post by: HyperNerd on June 06, 2010, 11:10:04 AM

I'll be happy to help if you need it :)

Good luck and can't wait to see some pics of the robot ;D

 -HyperNerd