[ANNOUNCE] Release of OROCOS@KTH

Dear All,
We are happy to inform you that orocos@kth version 0.8 has been released 
today. It has now reached a state where it is usable. It can be 
downloaded as a tarball from the project website at 
http://cogvis.nada.kth.se/orocos/ (though cvs is still the preferred 
method of retrieval).

The API for the basic component framework and the communication patterns 
are now in a pretty stable state. The distribution contains some sample 
behaviors and a base-server that runs on the Nomadics Scout platform. 
The Nomadics NServer simulator is of course also supported.

Since the system contains a hardware abstraction layer, other platforms 
can quite easily be supported. Upon request, we can provide support for 
PeopleBot, Nomad200 and XR4000.

Documentation is still sparse, but please do not hesitate to email the 
authors if you have questions. Check back on the site for updates.

During the spring, we expect a large number of components to be 
available as the system gets used in other projects here at kth and 
elsewhere.

We would also like to take the opportunity to thank Pablo d'Angelo and 
Patric Jensfelt for their hard work on the software.


Anders Orebäck & Henrik Christensen

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