Computer Labs to Use

• ACCEL all rooms: Ready for Use
• Upson B7: Correct the Matlab path on the machine before use. See instructions below.
• Phillips 318: Correct the Matlab path on the machine before use. See instructions below.

Getting the iRobot Create Simulator Toolbox

Your own PC

1. Download iRobotCreateSimulatorToolbox.zip and extract (open) the file. This gives you a folder called iRobotCreateSimulatorToolbox.
2. Place the folder in a permanent location of the drive, e.g., C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2010a\toolbox
3. In Matlab, click File, then select Set Path
4. Click Add Folder, navigate to the toolbox folder you have just saved, e.g.,
   C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2010a\toolbox\iRobotCreateSimulatorToolbox
   select it, then click OK
5. Click the Save button, then click Close

Some computer configurations require that the Administrator perform the save path operation. In that case quit Matlab and reopen it by right-clicking and choosing Run as Administrator. Then perform step 3 through 5 again.

We've had reports of some versions of Matlab missing several built-in functions. If you get an error message about a function deg2rad missing, then your version of Matlab is missing several functions. In that case download this zip file, extract (open) the file and copy the four functions (m-files) into to the ...\iRobotCreateSimulatorToolbox folder that you have already added to the Matlab path.

Upson B7 and Phillips 318 Labs

The iRobotCreateSimulatorToolbox folder is already on the machine but the Matlab path is incorrectly set using lowercase letters. Here is how to correct it:

1. In Matlab, click File, then select Set Path
2. Select the directory C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2010a\toolbox\irobotcreatesimulatortoolbox
   and click Remove
3. Click Add Folder, navigate to the toolbox folder
   C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2010a\toolbox\iRobotCreateSimulatorToolbox
   select it, then click OK
4. Click the Save button, then click Close

The correct path is now saved for the current session of Matlab. If you quit and re-start Matlab you will need to set the path again. (We are working with CIT to correct this problem. Stay tuned.)

Checking for the iRobot Create Simulator Toolbox on a Machine

• In Matlab Command Window, type path.
• If you see in the displayed list a directory that ends with iRobotCreateSimulatorToolbox, matching the capitalization shown here, then the toolbox is available for use.
• If there is no directory name that ends with iRobotCreateSimulatorToolbox or the directory name is in lowercase letters only, see instructions above for Getting the iRobot Create Simulator Toolbox.