:Author: Lorenzo Garattoni :Email: lgaratto@ulb.ac.be :Date: October 15th, 2016
ARGoS-Epuck is a plugin that enables the use of the E-puck robot in ARGoS. ARGoS-Epuck contains the software modules for both the physical robot and its simulated version. Therefore, the user can develop a control software for the E-puck and test it in a virtual environment and then port the same control software, without modifications, on the real E-puck. In order to be used on the real E-puck, the plugin requires the robots to be equipped with a Linux extension board (Gumstix Overo computer-on-module (COM)). Depending on the needs of the user, the capabilities of the basic model of the E-puck can be enhanced with the following extensions: a ground sensor, a range-and-bearing board, and an Omnivision module.
ARGoS-Epuck is released under the terms of the MIT license.
You can download the development sources through git:
$ git clone https://github.com/demiurge-project/argos3-epuck argos3-epuck
Requirements
Before executing the following commands, you need to download, compile, and install argos3: https://github.com/ilpincy/argos3
Compiling the codeThe compilation of ARGoS is configured through CMake.
Compiling for the simulator +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
$ cd argos3-epuck $ mkdir build $ cd build $ cmake ../src $ make $ sudo make install
If you wish to load the library without installing: $ export ARGOS_PLUGIN_PATH=build_simepuck/plugins/robots/e-puck
Compiling for the E-puck ++++++++++++++++++++++++
For the real robot, after installing the cross compilation tool and cross-compiling and installing argos3 (detailed instructions in doc/installation.pdf):
$ cd argos3-epuck $ mkdir build_realepuck $ cd build_realepuck $ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../src/cmake/TargetEPuck.cmake ../src $ make $ sudo make install