+#+TITLE:hausner challenge-bot overview
* challenge-bot robot overview
** videos for assembling the hardware
-** content
-*** software
- software is available as nice neat installable packages for
- Mac OS X, GNU+Linux, and MS Windows.
+** software
+ software is available as nice neat installable packages for
+ Mac OS X, GNU+Linux, and MS Windows.
- it's also available in source code form, so you can compile it for
- other platforms.
+ it's also available in source code form, so you can compile it for
+ other platforms.
- all software used in this robot is available for you to use for any
- purpose, improve, and, share those improvements (if you want).
-**** arduino
-***** summary
- control how the robot gets information from sensors, and moves
- its motors.
-***** download
- https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
-**** openscad
-***** summary
- create robot parts!
+ all software used in this robot is available for you to use for any
+ purpose, improve, and, share those improvements (if you want).
+*** arduino
+**** summary
+ control how the robot gets information from sensors, and moves
+ its motors.
+**** download
+ https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
+*** openscad
+**** summary
+ create robot parts!
- use this program to view parts inside the "3d-printables"
- directory. write code to modify the parts and create completely
- new ones.
-***** download
- http://www.openscad.org/downloads.html
-**** fritzing
-***** summary
- wire up components!
-***** download
- http://fritzing.org/download/?donation=0
+ use this program to view parts inside the "3d-printables"
+ directory. write code to modify the parts and create completely
+ new ones.
+**** download
+ http://www.openscad.org/downloads.html
+*** fritzing
+**** summary
+ wire up components!
+**** download
+ http://fritzing.org/download/?donation=0
+*** 7-zip
+**** summary
+ extract the contents of .tgz files, like the content of this class.
+
+ this is needed on MS Windows(tm) only.
+
+ if you are on Mac OS X, or GNU (on cygwin or linux), then you do
+ not need this. your software will be able to extract the
+ class content
+**** download
+ http://7-zip.org/
+** class content
+ all the source code for the class is available here:
+
+ http://challenge-bot.com/repos/?p=challenge-bot;a=snapshot;h=232ff7a14f9d8be27362c268c6cdd1b67f59a24a;sf=tgz
+
+ what follows is a high level description of the contents of the most
+ important top level directories in the class content.
+*** 3d-printables
+ the parts of the robot that are 3d-printed are in this directory.
+ use openscad to open the parts in this directory.