[robocup-msrs] Hello from the Microsoft Robotics Studio team

[Nikos Vlassis]

Dear Kyle,

thanks for participating in the list. There are undoubtedly several issues
that need clarifications. For instance:

1) Will we be given the interface definition for the new robudog drive, or
we have to figure it out ourselves? The sample code currently implements a
simulated differential drive which certainly not what we need.

2) Is it possible to get ground-truth information about the game state
(robots/ball position) during the development phase? I noticed that there is
a pose state variable for the player service which is however set to 0,0,0
by the referee. Can we possibly have a development-phase-referee assembly
just for debugging?

3) Is there any noise injected in motion/perception? If yes, shall we be
given the characteristics of this noise?

4) How can we reset robots/ball to specific positions during development?

5) Will there be changes to the code, or this is the version we are going to
use in Atlanta? (clearly this is a very important issue given the little
time until July).

6) How can we guarantee that testing on a slow machine and running on a fast
machine in Atlanta will not produce different results? What are the MSRS
primitives that allow a universal (CPU speed independent) measurement of
time?

7) What are the similarities/differences of robudog with Aibo concerning
kinematics?

thanks,
Nikos







On 5/15/07, Kyle Johns <kylej at microsoft.com> wrote:
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>  Hi all,
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> My name is Kyle Johns and I work on the simulator portion of Microsoft
> Robotics Studio.  We are looking forward to the Microsoft Robotics Studio
> Challenge this summer at RoboCup 2007 in Atlanta.
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> Also on this list from Microsoft is George Chrysanthakopoulos who is the
> architect of MSRS and Paul Roberts who is a developer on the team and
> general all-around robotics software guru.  We will be happy to answer your
> questions and provide general help as you implement and test your soccer
> player services.
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> In addition to this mailing list, which is specifically focused on the
> MSRS Challenge this summer, you can ask questions and see previous answers
> in the MSRS Forums:
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> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=383&SiteID=1
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> The forum most relevant to this competition is the simulation forum:
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> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1426&SiteID=1
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> I will send additional information shortly on getting started with MSRS
> and the timeline leading up to the competition in July.
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> -Kyle
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