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1: software installation

Python

First you have to setup python, then install python libraries. The recommended way to install python libraries is using pip.

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install python-pip
pip install numpy matplotlib ipython jupyter

Windows

  1. download and install python: https://www.python.org/download/windows/
  2. install pip: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html
  3. install numpy and matplotlib
python -m pip install numpy matplotlib ipython jupyter

Learn Python

If you are new to python, you can follow Introduction to Python. If you want a little more depth, Python Tutorial is a great place to start, We also recommend to Learn Python the Hard Way.

You can try ipython notebooks that I used in the lecture by starting ipython notebook in this folder or [open in Colab]((https://colab.research.google.com/notebooks/welcome.ipynb).

SimSpark

SimSpark is a generic simulator for various multiagent simulations. It supports developing physical simulations for AI and robotics research with an open-source application framework. We use customized version which has NAO V4.

Linux

  1. download simspark.AppImage
  2. Make it executable and double-click it

Windows

  1. download zip package
  2. extract the zip package
  3. execute SimSparkSPL.bat to start simspark

From source code (Other operation systems)

  1. download source code from https://github.com/xuyuan/SimSpark-SPL
  2. follow the instruction in https://gitlab.com/robocup-sim/SimSpark/wikis/home

Try out sample agent

start sample agent

  1. start simspark

  2. start a console (cmd in windows)

  3. go to the software_installtion source code folder

cd software_installtion
  1. start sample agent:
python spark_agent.py

Now, the spark_agent is connected to simspark, and you can see a robot in the simulation, we are ready to program it.