A Native Transterpreter for the LEGO Mindstorms RCX

The LEGO Mindstorms RCX is a widely deployed educational robotics platform. This paper presents a concurrent operating environment for the Mindstorms RCX, implemented natively using occam-pi running on the Transterpreter virtual machine. A concurrent hardware abstraction layer aids both the developer of the operating system and facilitates the provision of process-oriented interfaces to the underlying hardware for students and hobbyists interested in small robotics platforms.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: WOTUG
• Authors: Jonathan Simpson, Christian L. Jacobsen, Matthew C. Jadud
• Keywords: LEGO Mindstorms RCX, Mindstorms RCX, Robotics Platforms, WOTUG 2007, WOTUG 2008