Robotic programming in java

[niks]

hi all
i am a new member to this group. Am a B.tech student and am interested
in discussing about "Robotic Programming in Java". Anyone cognizant
whether Java provides built in classes for robotics? if it does, has
anyone implemented ?

Looking fwd to an exciting discussion

Niks.

[keving...@gmail.com]

Niks,

if you want to program an "off the shelf" robot with Java, you could
try starting with these Java projects.

http://todbot.com/blog/2006/06/01/roombacomm-library-release-095/
http://todbot.com/blog/2006/05/03/roombamidi-roomba-as-midi-instrument/

I have also just started a yahoo group where I plan to keep a
conversation going on programming the Roomba in whatever language.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roomba_Programming/

[RoboMe]

A good solution for programming the Rooma is the Mind Control. It's a
small module that plugs into the Roomba and is C/C++ programmable. The
Mind Control has an Atmel AVR processor inside of it. You program it
with the open sources WinAVR GCC compiler. It also comes with a USB
programmer and good documentation.

Check it out at: http://www.elementdirect.com/

RoboMe