This is a very exciting course. We contruct two robots. The first one should be able to explore the lab and the second one should play a game with a ball.

Here our reports:

• first practical: Html online browseable or ps.gz printable format
• second practical: Html online browseable or ps.gz printable format

CPL Tools

The Programming language we had to use is called CPL. It is a special one for the specific hardware of the robots. CPL has limits for the size of functions and processes. Here two Perl scripts which should help.

• the appropriate documentation: Html version or see second practical postscript version pages 7-9
• shrinksource.pl
• checksize.pl
• CPL syntax highlighting for nedit: CPL.pats

Links:

• Module page: http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk/teaching/modules/isc