README

Thank you for your interest in Simbad !

Simbad is a Robot 3d simulator for scientific and educationnal purposes. It is voluntarily kept simple and readable to enable a programmer to design its own robot behavior and environment.

To contact the authors: Louis Hugues: [email protected]
Nicolas Bredeche : [email protected]

REQUIREMENTS:

It is based solely on Java (>= 1.4.2) and Java3D.

======================================= DISTRIBUTION CONTENT :

• src/simbad directory : the source of Simbad simulator.
• src/contrib directory : contributed components to Simbad.
• src/examples directory : examples you can use as starting point
• doc/api directory : javadoc files.
• lib directory : the place where jar files are stored.
• python directory : python example scripts for simbad.
• build.xml file : the ant build file.

====================================== HOW TO USE DEMO:

You must have installed Java3D.

Launch the demo application : java -jar lib/simbad.jar

or: java -cp lib/simbad.jar simbad.gui.Simbad

====================================== HOW TO USE PYTHON EXAMPLES:

You need first to install jython (www.jython.org) and add lib/simbad.jar to your CLASSPATH. Run: jython python/simple_plan.py

====================================== HOW TO BUILD :

Simbad distribution comes directly with compiled jar file and does not need compilation. However if you modify the source you can recompile with ant tool: ant clean ant dist

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