Build Your Own Soccer-Playing Robot 129
An anonymous reader writes "This article by a Ph.D student at Shanghai JiaoTong University (SJTU) Research Institute of Robotics describes an RTLinux-powered robot that placed fifth in the most recent RoboCup competition. The robot has two color cameras for visual sensing along with a laser range finder (LRF) for goalkeeper location, and a wireless LAN allows communication among the robots on SJTU's team. The robot's embedded operating system is Red Hat Linux enhanced with the RTLinuxPro real-time extension."
Cyberball, I have not forgotten thee. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Red Hat = embedded? (Score:2, Informative)
RTL stands for Real Time Linux, and its a patch that can be easily applied to any Linux kernel
that is relatively recent, but iirc, it works best on 2.6+.. Redhat, whilist a crappy "OS" overall due to their way of handling stuff, doesn't make their kernel any less effective as a RealTime kernel.
espically since its commerically supported if you coughed up the dough.
props to all my unix brethren
Your robot won't have a laser range finder (Score:1, Informative)