MissionLab v6.0,  April 2003
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This software allows the user to configure and execute missions using
simulated or real robots that are controlled by reactive control techniques
developed at Georgia Institute of Technology.

MissionLab v6.0, Copyright 1995 - 1997, 1999 - 2003 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  
See the file COPYRIGHT for details.

The files in this directory are:

   README         - This file (basic information)
	      
   README.COMPILE - Compilation directions.
	      
   README.IPT     - Information about IPT (the CMU interprocess communication 
                    software) 
	      
   COPYRIGHT      - A description of the copyright restrictions for this
                    software 


In the doc directory (PostScript format):

    mlab_manual.pdf       - The user's manual for MissionLab

    cnl_manual.ps         - The CNL user's manual

    ipt-v6.4_IPTManual.ps - The user's manual for IPT

    * Note: mlab_manual.pdf is the only manual that has been updated for this
            release. You may find outdated information in other documents.


In the bin directory:

    mlab                  - The MissionLab program console program

    robot, tmr_robot-1998 - A robot program that MissionLab executes to simulate a
                            robotic vehicle.  The MissionLab console program (mlab)
		            runs these for you; don't run them yourself.

    iptserver             - A communication name server package from CMU.
                            It must be running before starting mlab.

    cnl                   - The configuration network language (CNL) compiler.  This
                            is necessary to create libcnl.a and new robot executables.

    cdl                   - The configuration description language (CDL) which is used
                            to abstractly describe robot operational and behavioral
		            configurations.

    cfgedit               - The robot configuration editor.  It is a graphical editor
                            which generates a CDL description which is then compiled
		            with CDL.

    hserver               - The hardware server. It controls all the robot hardware.

    cbrserver             - The case-based reasoning server, part of the CBR mission-
                            planning wizard.


In the demos directory:

    mars_demos            - a sub-directory that contains demos for DARPA's Mobile
                            Autonomous Robot Software Robotics program.

    tmr_demos             - a sub-directory that contains demos for DARPA's Tactical
                             Mobile Robotics program.

    honda_demos           - a sub-directory that contains demos for Honda R&D
                            Behavior-Based Architecture for a Mobile Robot project.

    draper_demos          - a sub-directory that contains demos for C.S. Draper Lab
                            Dynamic, Reactive LOS Communication Pathways Derived from
                            Multiagent Robotic Assets project.

    usability_demos-2000  - a sub-directory that contains various examples of missions
                            been constructed by CfgEdit for the usability conducted in
                            2000.

    mlab-2.0_demos        - a sub-directory that contains demos that were included in
                            the MissionLab 2.0 version.

    usability_demos-1997  - a sub-directory that contains various examples of missions
                            been constructed by CfgEdit for the usability conducted in
                            1997.


Entire unsupported source code of MissionLab can be found in the src directory and
its subdirectories.


Please address questions to:

   Prof. Ronald Arkin
   College of Computing
   801 Atlantic Av.
   Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
   arkin@cc.gatech.edu

or

   mlab@cc.gatech.edu