An application programming interface for the MORSE simulator
Aplikační rozhraní pro simulátor MORSE
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České vysoké učení technické v Praze
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague
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Práce představuje CCMorse, což je knihovna pro komunikaci se simulátorem, kterou jsem vytvořil. Práce dále popisuje proces vývoje simulačního pro simulátor MORSE. Teze probírá nejprve teorii robotických middleware a robotických simulátorů. Dále obsahuje stručné popisy různých simulátorů, které jsou potom porovnány za účelem simulování mobilních robotů, následované popisem knihovny CCMorse umožňující uživateli psát klientskou applikaci v jazyce C++ za použití rozhraní Player a spustit jí v simulátoru MORSE. Ke konci text popisuje začlenění simulátoru do existujícího systému, ilustruje proces vytvoření simulované reprezentace systému a ukazuje praktické použití knihovny v kurzu zaměřeném na mobilní robotiku. Knihovna CCMorse může být díky své vícevrstvé struktuře použita i k implementaci jiného rozhraní než Player rozhraní a také může být upravena pro podporu dalšího simulátoru mimo MORSE.
Thesis presents the CCMorse, a simulator communication library, that I have created. The thesis also describes the development process of a MORSE simulation environment. The thesis discusses the theory of robotic middlewares and robotic simulators first. It contains a brief introduction to various simulators which are compared for the purposes of simulating mobile robots, followed by a description the CCMorse library that enables the user to write a client application in the C++ language using the Player interface and run it in the MORSE simulator. At the end, thesis illustrates incorporation of a simulator into the existing system, it illustrates the creation process of the simulated representation of the system and it shows the practical usage of the library in an introductory course to mobile robotics. CCMorse can be utilized to implement another API on top of the Player and it can be also altered to support another simulator besides MORSE, thanks to its layered structure.
Thesis presents the CCMorse, a simulator communication library, that I have created. The thesis also describes the development process of a MORSE simulation environment. The thesis discusses the theory of robotic middlewares and robotic simulators first. It contains a brief introduction to various simulators which are compared for the purposes of simulating mobile robots, followed by a description the CCMorse library that enables the user to write a client application in the C++ language using the Player interface and run it in the MORSE simulator. At the end, thesis illustrates incorporation of a simulator into the existing system, it illustrates the creation process of the simulated representation of the system and it shows the practical usage of the library in an introductory course to mobile robotics. CCMorse can be utilized to implement another API on top of the Player and it can be also altered to support another simulator besides MORSE, thanks to its layered structure.