the awsome possibilities of programming a robot!!!!!

lobo

If i wanted to build an atonomous robot and program it with C++ would it be possible?

how do i pick the right processor?

or could i write the program in C++ and then somhow modify it into pbasic with some special program?

Thanks guys for yas awsome input!!

Kevin Wood

Well, you could program a robot with C++, but not with Parallax's processors. This is because there aren't any C++ compilers available.

You could conceivably write a C++ program and port it to one of the languages supported by Parallax, but it wouldn't be automatic, and it probably wouldn't be worthwhile. C++ would generally allow you to use features that other language such as PBasic wouldn't or couldn't support, so it would probably be better to start with your target language and platform (processor).

The best high level language that you could reasonably begin with and port to several platforms is pseudocode.

Mike Green

If you want to use C++ for an autonomous robot, you'd probably have to use one of the embedded Linux systems. Heck, you could even program it in Fortran (since the GCC toolkit supports that). You could use a Stamp or Propeller as a co-processor.

simonl

Though it wouldn't be 'standalone autonomous', I think it's true that you could use C++ with the Microsoft Robotics Studio. Parallax have done some work with this and thier Basic Stamp, so I don't think it'll be long before you can hook-up a Propeller...

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Cheers,

Simon

Chris Savage

This thread is being moved from the·Propeller Forum to the·Robotics Forum.

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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support