Dan Tobias at 23:50, 8 March 2016

2016-03-08T23:50:52Z

AndrewFerguson: New page for file formats used by Ugobe Pleo robot

2016-03-08T23:24:22Z

New page for file formats used by Ugobe Pleo robot

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[[Pleo]] was a robotic dinosaur created by UGOBE and released around 2007. Although it used the Free Software (Apache licensed) [[Pawn]] programming language as the embedded langugae, Pleo almost exclusivly used proprietary file formats for all other aspects.

=== Sound ===
Pleo has the ability to play mono, 8-bit 11k sound files. These sound files begin as a [[WAV]] file, but are converted into a [[USF]] Ugobe Sound File by UGOBE's proprietary tools. This USF file includes various additional header information which is necessary for the Pleo to play the sound.

=== Motion ===
Pleo has the ability to move through 14 motors which are spread throughout the robot. UGOBE provided 3D-modelling templates for the 3dsMax software, and completed 'animations' can be exported as a [[CSV]] file. This CSV file is then converted into the proprietary [[UMF]] Ugobe Motion File format, which like the sound file includes additional header and playback information.

=== Project Files ===
Another format used by Pleo is the Ugobe Project file. This is an XML document that contains various linking information, allowing sounds and motions to be linked with [[Pawn]] source files. The build tools then read the UPF and generate the Resource File.

The Ugobe Resource File ([[URF]]) is a bundle file containing all the compiled code, sounds, motions and other resources that are required for that particular program.

==External Links==

* The [http://svn.lirec.eu/scenarios/MyFriend/MyPleo/miniBundle/phypleo/documentation/Pleo%20Programmers%20Guide.pdf Pleo Programmer's Guide]] has information on the structure of the file formats mentioned above, as well as other used file formats and other information about Pleo
* [http://www.dogsbodynet.com/myskit/ MySkit] is an application that can convert WAV to USF, and CSV to UMF, as well as vice-versa. Originally intended to create self contained animations for Pleo, it can also produce URF files of these animations form the USF / UMF files. Some of the source code for MySkit that deals with the I/O of these files can be found in OpenPDK (see below)
*[https://github.com/GarethNelson/openpdk/tree/master OpenPDK] is a collection of scripts aiming to be a free software (mostly GPL licensed) alternative to the proprietary UGOBE tools. It is far from complete, but provides a useful starting point.

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	[[Pleo]] was a robotic dinosaur created by UGOBE and released around 2007. Although it used the Free Software (Apache licensed) [[Pawn]] programming language as the embedded langugae, Pleo almost exclusivly used proprietary file formats for all other aspects.		[[Pleo]] was a robotic dinosaur created by UGOBE and released around 2007. Although it used the Free Software (Apache licensed) [[Pawn]] programming language as the embedded langugae, Pleo almost exclusivly used proprietary file formats for all other aspects.

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Dan Tobias at 23:50, 8 March 2016

AndrewFerguson: New page for file formats used by Ugobe Pleo robot