Mission briefing

We've spent lot of time on individual functionality, and your robotic projects now have lots of functionality that we can add to our projects. This chapter will bring all of these parts together into a framework that allows the different parts to work together.

Why is it awesome?

You don't want the robot to just walk, talk, or see. You want it to do all of these in a coordinated package. In this chapter, you'll learn how to programmatically connect all of these individual capabilities and make your projects seem intelligent.

Your objectives

In this chapter, we will:

• Create a general control structure so that different capabilities can work together through system calls

Mission checklist

Finally we're done purchasing the HW. In this chapter, we'll be adding functionality via SW. You'll need ample storage space for an array of new SW. First, let's check how much space you have on your memory card. You should install discus: a program that will let you see how much disk space you...