31064 OROCOS. To develop robot control software, under OpenSource and/or Free Software license(s), with a long-term vision and design, emphasizing software components for (hard real-time) control, hardware interfacing, communication, kinematics and dynamics, task specification, sensing, etc., that keeps in mind four levels of users: Framework Builders, Component Builders, Application Builders and End Users. The focus in on the Framework and the Components independent of any specific architecture for connecting the components together, with an eye on the design of an extensive Pattern System for robotics, of the highest quality (from both technical and software engineering points of view!), independent of commercial robot manufacturers (but compatible whenever possible), for all sorts of robotic devices and computer platforms, localized for all languages.
07.11.2002
