Webots 3 for Windows

Requirements

Webots for Windows runs on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Programming

If you want to program your own robot controllers, then you will need a C/C++ environment. We recommand using either (1) Dev-C++, from www.bloodshed.net , (2) cygwin (with the gcc, make, mingw-runtime, binutils, gdb and more packages if you like) from www.cygwin.com along with a programming text editor, like xemacs www.xemacs.org , or (3) Microsoft Visual C++. The makefiles provided with the Webots controllers are directly usable with cygwin, templates for Dev-C++ and Microsoft Visual C++ projects are given in the braiten and tcpip controller directories.

Starting Webots

Launch Webots from the Webots 3.x.x icon on the Desktop. Run the simulation by clicking on the play button (>). Play with the menus, the 3D navigation system, the scene editor, etc.

Programming your own robot controller

Go to the C:\Program Files\Webots 3.x.x\controllers\simple directory and edit the simple.c file. You will see in this simple example how to program a mobile robot in webots. You can modify this file and recompile it. Then, relauch Webots to see the result of your modification on the behavior of the robot.

URL: http://www.cyberbotics.com/webots3/doc/Windows.html
Last updated: 27-May-02 by Olivier.Michel@cyberbotics.com