Movie making and distributed robotics

From: Glen Goodwin <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun Jan 6 22:49:14 2002

> From: Golemancd_at_aol.com

> the idea is to have the robot take care of itself. just refer to the
master os
> for references and instructions. master os will be used like a server.
> server of info, directions, traffic directions , scripts, etc. like a
> co-ordinator.
> to direct everything that is going on.
> for example like a forman on a building site.
> the forman gives everyone their job and they go to it.
> if there are any questions you refer back to him.
> or when you are finished your job, you refer to him
> and he gives you another one.
> and the forman monitors everything in progress.
> if he sees something that isnt going correctly,
> he may step in and give other instructions.


QNX is a perfect solution for this since it's real-time and has great
interprocess communication built in.

Or, maybe you'd prefer to cook up an OS from scratch.

Glen
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Received on Sun Jan 06 2002 - 22:49:14 GMT