Webots Newsletter [September 2005]

Webots 5.0.7 released

This new version of Webots fixes a number of bugs including several platform
specific bugs and adds a few extra minor features. Moreovoer, it
introduces a
new example (an inverted double pendulum) and an improved user guide and
reference manual. Read the change log for a complete description of the
improvements. It is available for download from the usual place:
http://www.cyberbotics.com/products/webots/download.html

URBI interface embedded in Webots 5.0.7

An interface to URBI, the Universal Robotic Body Interface, has been
implemented
in Webots 5.0.7 for Linux. This first version allows you to control your
Webots
robots using this powerful script protocol language using a client/server
architecture. A few examples include the URBI script by Diego de Prado
who won
the Aibo Daft-Punk dance contest as well as a simple script controlling
the kiki
robot. More information about URBI is available from
http://www.urbiforge.com

Linear servos in Webots

We are currently working on adding linear servos in Webots. A demo movie
showing
a tripod robot using both rotational and linear servos has been
published online
at the very bottom of Cyberbotics' home page: http://www.cyberbotics.com. We
expect to include this new feature in the upcoming Webots 5.0.8.

Webots and Aibo

We are currently working also on improving the support for Aibos robots in
Webots, especially for the ERS-7 robot. A nice experiment with evolving
gaits
shows the transfer of a controller from a Webots simulation to a real ERS-7
robot using our cross-compilation system:
http://www.ouroboros.org/evo_gaits.html

-Olivier Michel
Cyberbotics Ltd.