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Our lab's
Planar Manipulator Display Project
(shown at left)
consists of lots of
small robotic critters running around on a tabletop.
I wrote this software simulator
so we could play with content ideas for such a beast,
particularly social scenarios
where actor/dolls could play out
interactive dramas.
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In the simulator to the right,
you can drag on any robotic coaster to move it around.
But things get more interesting
if you hit the 'd' key to place human-like
dolls on each coaster.
Then hit the 's' key to have them play out a scene.
I'm working now to make it easy for people to write
their own scenes and post them on the Web.
- Ken Perlin
Source code:
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Instructions:
To move an actor:
- Drag mouse from actor to destination
To rotate the view:
After you have clicked on the applet:
- Hit 'd' to add dolls
- Hit 'c' to make dolls gaze at camera
- Hit 's' to start the script
see the script for the scene
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