This is the ROBOOP readme.txt file
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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

Report problems and direct all questions to:

Richard Gourdeau, Professeur
Departement de genie electrique
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
C.P. 6079, Succ. Centre-Ville
Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3A7

email: richard.gourdeau@polymtl.ca


DESCRIPTION
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This library (ROBOOP) is a C++ robotics object oriented programming toolbox 
suitable for synthesis, and simulation of robotic manipulator models in an 
environment that provides "MATLAB like" features for the treatment of 
matrices. Its is a portable tool that does not require the use of commercial 
software. A class named Robot provides the implementation of the kinematics, 
the dynamics and the linearized dynamics of serial robotic manipulators.


WHERE CAN GET THIS PACKAGE
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Program source and documentation are available from the URL: 
        http://roboop.sourceforge.net/


DOCUMENTATION
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The documentation is provided in PDF format:
        docs/robot.pdf

Documentation in html format is available from the URL: 
        http://roboop.sourceforge.net/



VERSION
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This is version 1.32 of the package.

See the documentation for the version history.