JingleBell Motion

JingleBell Motion : Download

Please click "Download" link and you can download "JingleBell.zip".

Unzip this file, then, you will see
- JingleBell.rbm
- JingleBell.mp3


Tip 1)
In order to  match the synchro between Motion and Music,
           you may play Motion after Music is played about 5 seconds later.


Tip 2)
You can use the Android smartphone fuction in order to play Motion and Music as below.

For more information about "Android OS App function", go to "User Manual" section in the left.
Then you can find "Android OS App User Manual".

C Programming Tutorial - preparation

In this section, you learn "C Programming" with RQ-HUNO.


Software

 1) IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM (version 5.50 or above)

     => C compiler for RQ robot series C programming

     => Download here

          It is recommended to download “Size-limited license – 32K” version.

 2) USB-UART download cable driver (for XP, Win 7)

   => Driver for USB-UART download cable.

   => Download here

 3) HyperTerminal

   => Terminal communication program (included in Windows XP basically)

   => For Windows 7 user, please download in here  for free trial version.

 4) RQC Firmware Upload Tool

   =>  Firmware (Binary file/”RQ.bin”) for RQ robot to send RQ smart controller
   => Download here

 5) RQC C library

   => C library source for RQ robot C programming

   => Download here

Hardware

MSRDS Tutorial - Day #1

In this post, you learn what "MSRDS" is simply, and get a concept.


MSRDS (Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio) is provide creative and logical robot programming platform , developed by Microsoft.

For more  information of MSRDS, please visit

1) http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/

2) http://www.helloapps.net


All RoboBuilder series (RQ-KIT/RQ-HUNO/CREATOR KIT/SAM/RQ-TITAN) are compatible with MSRDS platform very well.


In this section, we will learn MSRDS - VPL programming by using "RQ-HUNO" step by step.

For own MSRDS (simulation and own software) programming tutorial, you can get  quite nice education materials from http://www.helloapps.net  website.

MotionBuilder Tutorial - Day #2

In this post, we learn "Terms" that used in MotionBuilder.



1. What are the "Project file / Motion file / Scene / Frame / Transition Time"?

1) Project file(*.prj)

: A project file contains the information such as the robot’s type and more. It is used to manage multiple motion files of a robot efficiently. Therefore, one project file includes one or more motion files.   You can consider that Project file as a "file folder".

 
2) Motion file(*.rbm)
: A motion file contains the complete data to execute its movement. One motion file consists of multiple scenes.


3) Scene
: A scene is a smaller motion unit that constitutes a complete motion file. A scene consists of start position and destination position. Except the first scene, the start position of a scene is the destination position of its previous scene. When a scene is executed, the frame data is generated automatically according to the predefiend number of frames and delivered to each actuator modules.


4) Frame
: A frame is the smallest motion unit that constitutes a scene. Each frame can be considered as the still image that is actually sent to robot actuators. The more frames you defien, the smoother the motion becomes. One scene can have from 1 up to 100 frames.


5) Transition Time
: Transition time is the time duration that is taken to execute a scene. Transition time is closely related with the number of frames. It can have value from 20msec up to 10000msec.
The minimum transition time that can be allocated for a frame is 20msec.
e.g)  If scene A has 10 frames, the transition time can be selected from 200 up to 10000.

MotionBuilder Tutorial - Day #1

In this post, we learn what is MotionBuilder for, and preparations. 


1. MotionBuilder Layout

2. MotionBuilder Main Purpose

 - Create your own motions whatever you think

 - Modify other users motions whatever you think



3. This Tutorial is for someone who

 - agree that RoboBuilder is not just an expensive toy

 - want to modify others’ motions and make their own motions

 - want to create a motion file for themselves

 - want to share their own motion files with many others

 - want to learn advanced features of MotionBuilder


4. Things to prepare

 - RQ-HUNO

 - PC (Windows OS based Desktop or Laptop)

 - PC Motion Download Cable

 - RQ-HUNO Power Adapter

Using RQ-HUNO

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Android App User Manual

Android App user manual : Download


RQ-HUNO can be controlled by Android OS based device.