Squeak communicating with Linux robots

Jason Rogers jacaetevha at gmail.com
Sat Mar 4 19:53:59 UTC 2006


Thanks John and Samir.  I will look into your suggestions.  My target
is for the Fall Semester.  So, I should be able to give updates the
closer to September that we get.

On 3/4/06, Samir Saidani <saidani at squeakfr.org> wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> You might be interested by the squeakbot project, which allows
> children to script a robot through E-toys script. The robot are made
> by children themselves thanks to simple low-cost I2C electronic
> modules interfacing the computer with the mechanical and electrical
> parts of the robots. The pcb (electronic schema) of the modules are
> available too, so you can start from this schema or buy one (contact
> us).
>
> For a more precise description, see here :
> http://www.iutc3.unicaen.fr/serge/SqueakBot
>
> An overview of the project is currently available (Serge, could you
> publish the article on the website ?)
>
> This platform has been already tested during a summer camp, and youngs
> seem to like it, we plan to release the complete platform soon
> (probably after this summer, since we would like to test the new beta
> version of squeakbot during a summer camp).
>
> Regards,
> Samir
>
> "Jason Rogers" <jacaetevha at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Wow!  Do you mind if I submit a link to your site on the LinuxRobot Wiki?
> >
> > Do you have a rough estimate of how much this think costs to build?
> > Is your software available for download?  My goal is to take a working
> > robot into a homeschool classroom (of about 5 or 6 kids, 7 and 8 years
> > of age) and have them "plan the missions" as you say.  I would like
> > them to use E-Toys to script the robot's movements.
>
>
>


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