= Outcomes of the Sept 2011 MORSE Hackathon =

Over 80 commits in 2 days! Thanks to everyone!

Check out the code here: [[https://github.com/laas/morse]]

== A GUI for MORSE ==

 * First version of a GUI for MORSE. It currently allows for appending any kind of components into the current scene.

{{attachment:morse_gui1.jpg|The first version of the MORSE GUI | width=400px}}


 * Debugging of DTM mesh creation plugin - Ported to Blender 2.59/Python 3.2
 * WIP: merge it with new GUI for component importation

== MORSE Components ==

 * New infrared sensor, based on SICK code
 * New property (vertical_flip) for cameras

== MORSE Multinode API ==

 * Definition of a multinode API (HLA/sockets)
 * Lot of doc has been produced, including tutorials/test

== MORSE Builder API ==

 * Support for [[http://www.openrobots.org/morse/doc/latest/multinode.html#multi-node-options-in-builder-api | multi-node configuration from a builder script]]
 * More doc!

== MORSE general ==

 * Removed the need for middleware empties
 * Removed the need for modifier empties (WIP: to be tested)

== Organization of the MORSE documentation ==


 * [[http://www.openrobots.org/morse/doc/latest/morse.html | Main documentation page]] has been completely revamped. Should be much more user friendly.

{{attachment:documentation.jpg|Documentation homepage | width=400px}}

 * New page "[[http://www.openrobots.org/morse/doc/latest/what_is_morse.html | What is MORSE?]]" with a summary of MORSE features
 * Lots of updated doc. Even more remain to be done.


== MORSE launch script ==

 * It's ow possible to open and start a fullscreen simulation with ``morse run``.
 * Plus a couple of other minor fix.
 * WIP: This should enable soon automated testing of MORSE (and possibly other software using MORSE for simulation)
 * Added a simple wrapper to be used as shebang in MORSE builder scripts: Add ``#! /usr/bin/env morseexec`` to your scripts!

== Human-robot integration ==

 * Imported a new human model from TUM (see video [[http://vimeo.com/27862605|here]]), with much better interaction (grab/place object, correct camera movements, etc)

== Support for kinematics chain in the Collada exporter ==

 * Contact established with Alexei Zakharov for the importer/exporter for Collada 1.5, based on OpenCollada, with support for Blender 2.59. WIP. [[https://github.com/zakharov/blenderColladaKinematics|github:zakharov/blenderColladaKinematics]]