Sbot Common Interface

What is the common interface, and why should we use it?

Write Controller Once, instead of modifying for each platform.

• Save time - no code rewrites. Maintain just one version of your code
• When developing in simulation, you can do frequent reality checks on real robots.

Everyone shares a common build environment. We can stop reinventing the wheel.

• All controllers stored in common repository. Can easily browse other people's code.
• Share and jointly improve tools - eg. scripts for copying files to sbots
• All extra libraries included in common interface - toolchain, sboteyelib etc.

Common Interface QuickStart

1. Install subversion.
   • apt-get install subversion
2. Checkout common interface from repository
   • svn checkout svn+ssh://<your iridia username>@iridia.ulb.ac.be/usr/local/share/svn_repositories/sbotci
3. Compile one of the example controllers for the real robot
   • cd sbotci/real_sbot
   • ./build_scripts/build_support_libs.sh (build toolchain, sboteyelib etc)
   • make controller=describe_circle
4. Copy binary to sbot and run it
   • tools/sbot_file_copy/describe_circle <sbotnumber>
   • ssh root@sbot<sbotnumber>
   • cd /tmp
   • ./describe_circle
5. Compile twodee and run an example controller
   • cd twodee
   • ./bootstrap.sh
   • ./configure
   • make
   • ./twodee -e10003 --experiment-parameters controller=describe_circle