Modern_Robotics/packages/Mathematica

"ModernRobotics" Mathematica Package Instructions

This package is the code library for Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control. Here is the introduction. For more details please see the website.

If you'd like to be able to use this package inside of any notebook, regardless of the notebook's location on your filesystem, then you can use Mathematica's front end to install this package. Use the following steps:

1. Click File -> Install...
2. Select Package for the Type of Item to Install
3. Chose From File... for the Source
4. Navigate to the ModernRobotics.m and select it as the source for the package
5. The Install Name should default to ModernRobotics; if it doesn't then fill in the install name to be ModernRobotics.
6. Choose whether you want the package installed for a single user or for all users (may require administrative privileges)
7. Click OK

Now from any notebook you should be able to load the library by running:

<<ModernRobotics`

If you'd like to uninstall the package, you can just delete the file ModernRobotics.wl or ModernRobotics.m in the following directory.

$MATHPATH/Applications/ModernRobotics/

The value of $MATHPATH will depend on your system. You can determine it by looking at the $Path variable inside Mathematica. Here are some paths for common operating systems:

• OS-X: ~/Library/Mathematica/
• Linux (Debian): ~/.Mathematica/
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Mathematica\

Manual Installation Instructions

If you have any troubles with the front-end installation described above, you can try manually installing the package by copying the ModernRobotics.m file into the same directory mentioned for uninstalling.

Using the Package Locally

If you don't want to install the package at all, it is possible to place it anywhere on your filesystem and then load it into a notebook using

SetDirectory["<PATH-TO-DIRECTORY-CONTAINING-ModernRobotics.m>"]
<<ModernRobotics`

If the notebook and the package are located in the same directory you could use

SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]]
<<ModernRobotics`