It has been a while since I have sent this to the PIC list so for all the
newcomers
(during the last year or so):

PICBots is a robotic simulation.  It allows you to write a control program
for a robot using any PIC compiler (or assembler) and then pit these robots
against each other (or against you) in the simulation.  It is an excellent
educational tool for both embedded programming using the PIC chip as well
as principles of robotics.

Rather than go the "easy" way,  PICBots was designed so that the
information you got was realistic (and limited).  This forces you to deal
with the same problems that you would have with a "real" robot.  The hope
is that at a later point in time, someone (perhaps us) will actually create
robots that use these same controls and these programs can be played out in
a physical arena!!

In PICBots each bot has a PIC16C74 processor which you can write programs
for.

For more information, and to download PICBots go to
http://www.innovatus.com

Thanks,

Alan G. Smith
Innovatus

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