Robotics
Autonomous robots :
Autonomous robots are robots which can perform desired tasks in unstructured environments without continuous human guidance. Many kinds of robots are autonomous to some degree. Different robots can be autonomous in different ways. A high degree of autonomy is particularly desirable in fields such as space exploration, where communication delays and interruptions are unavoidable.
From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Robots
CARMEN
CARMEN is an open-source collection of software for mobile robot control. CARMEN is modular software designed to provide basic navigation primatives including: base and sensor control, logging, obstacle avoidance, localization, path planning, and mapping.
Carmen is a modular robot control software
Carmen uses the inter-process communication plattform IPC
Process monitoring
Robot hardware support for different plattforms (see here)
Hardware support for SICK laser range finder and GPS receiver
Robot/sensor simulator (in 2d)
Path planning module
Localization module
Scan-matching and mapping module
Message logging and playback functionality
Centralized parameter server
Several useful functions when working/programming with robots
Carmen is written in C, but provides Java support
Carmen runs under Linux and is available under GPL
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