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EXECUTIONABLE FILE: PUMA2.EXE
AUTHOR: Robin Hollands (r.hollands@sheffield.ac.uk)
DESCRIPTION: A simulation of a PUMA robot arm. The aim is to manoevre the arm's
end effector to the multicoloured box on the floor, pick it up and move the box
elsewhere. Instructions are included.
REQUIRED: 386 or 486 PC with VGA card. Mouse or Cyberman recommended.
CONTROLS: Mouse or Cyberman will be recognised automatically; cyberman has
preference.
Keyboard: '4' : Rotate left
'6' : Rotate right
'8' : Look up
'2' : Look down
'+' : Move forward
'-' : Move backwards
'*' : Double movement speed
'/' : Half movement speed
's' : Returns to saved position and speed
'p' : Exports the current screen to a PCX file
'f' : Flips mouse mode between movement and cursor
'q' : Quits the program and returns to text mode
'w' and 'W' : Rotate the arm at the waist
'a' and 'A' : Rotate the arm at the shoulder
'e' and 'E' : Rotate the arm at the elbow
'g' : Grab the box (beeps if to far away)
'r' : Release the box
Mouse: In movement mode:
Mouse forward : Look up
Mouse backwards : Look down
Mouse left : Rotate left
Mouse right : Rotate right
Left button : Move forward
Right button : Move backwards
Left and Right button : shuffle in direction of mouse
movement (eg. left/right or up/down)
Centre button (if fitted) : Flips mouse mode to cursor
In cursor mode :
Move cursor to object of interest and press left button to
select. Press centre button to flip mouse mode back to
movement.
Cyberman:In movement mode:
Moving the Cyberman in any of the 6 DOF (except roll) results
in corresponding viewpoint movement. Movement
forwards/backwards and left/right is proportional to Cyberman
displacement from centre. Press centre button to flip to mouse
cursor mode.
NOTES: Second version of an earlier Puma robot arm demo. Modified to allow the
user to move around the environment the arm is in.
There are no limits to each joint's rotational movement, allowing the arm to
rotate through the floor and itself! There is also no gravity in this world,
meaning that the box will float at the position it is released.