VREP Installation

Go to official download page of V-Rep: Coppelia Robotics

Windows

Download V-REP PRO EDU V3.6.2 rev0 and execute V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_6_2_Setup.exe

macOS

Download V-REP PRO EDU V3.6.2 rev0 and unzip V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_6_2_Mac.zip then execute vrep.app

In case you find your “model browser” empty you may need to use the following commands:

cd V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_6_2_Mac 
vrep.app/Contents/MacOS/vrep

Linux (Only Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04)

Download V-REP PRO EDU V3.6.2 rev0 and extract V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_6_2_Mac.tar.gz then execute vrep.sh

or Use Terminal

Ubuntu 16.04:

curl -O http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/files/V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_6_2_Ubuntu16_04.tar.xz
tar -xzfv V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_6_2_Ubuntu16_04.tar.xz
cd V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_6_2_Ubuntu16_04
./vrep.sh

Ubuntu 18.04:

curl -O http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/files/V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_6_2_Ubuntu18_04.tar.xz
tar -xzfv V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_6_2_Ubuntu18_04.tar.xz
cd V-REP_PRO_EDU_V3_6_2_Ubuntu18_04
./vrep.sh

Server Installation

Clone or Download the project.
Move models/SimPlus directory to vrep models directory.
Install python3.5+ and pip (In windows don’t forget to click on ‘Add python to PATH’ and ‘Install pip’ checkbox in the installation process. In case you forgot to check those you have to install python again or config those setting manually using the Tutorial for Windows Link)
Go to server directory and run pip install -r requirements.txt

Client Setup

Python

Install python3.5+ and pip (Tutorial for Windows Link)
Go to client directory and run pip install -r requirements.txt

Scratch

In order to access the sctrachx extension project, one should do one of the followings:

using the link to open the project: https://scratchx.org/?url=https://Robocup-simplus.github.io/simplus.js#scratch
Downloading the files and opening the “simplus_scratch.sbx” file in http://scratchx.org/ by “Open Extension File” and browsing the “simplus_scratch.sbx” file. (The sctrachx project uses Adobe Flashplayer so you should allow the website to run the progrom.)
Loading the “simplus_scratch.sbx” file by browing from https://scratchx.org/#scratch and File > Load Projects.

Usage

Open the Vrep Simulator (Make sure about the setup using VREP Installation )
From the top menu click on File then Open Scene and select the SampleMap.ttt file from simplus_vrep/worlds
Run the VREP and Start the world (click on play icon)

Python

Approach 1

Run the robotApi, in this approach the client code should be placed in the main function of “robotApi.py”. The client can directly access the provided python functions that are declared in the same file. It should be mentioned that this approach is the core part of the second approach. (Go to simplus_vrep/server directiory):

python robotApi.py

Approach 2

In this approach, the client file is writen in a template that makes the development and game management much easier for both students and Technical committies.

Run Clients (Go to simplus_vrep/client/python directiory):
```
python client.py
```
Run Servers for each client (Go to simplus_vrep/server directiory):
```
python server.py
```
Manage the Game using the Game manager GUI, The Game will start after pressing it’s “play” button.
Manage and Watch the Game form Lua Panel

SimPlus on macOS

Scratch

Run Server (Go to simplus_vrep/server directiory):
```
python simplus_scratch.py
```
Go to https://scratchx.org/?url=https://Robocup-simplus.github.io/simplus.js#scratch (It may takes few minutes)
Simplus blocks are located in “More Blocks” tab and you can drag and drop them to the right scene
In order to use the sample project, from the top menu click on File then load project and select the simplus_scratch.sbx file from simplus_vrep/client/scratch

Scratch sample code