Authors:
Oliver Kutter
;
Christian Hilker
;
Alexander Simon
and
Bärbel Mertsching
Affiliation:
GET Lab, University of Paderborn, Germany
Keyword(s):
Simulation, Modeling, Mobile Robots, Collision Detection, Visualization, Computer Graphics, Animation, Interaction.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Animation and Simulation
;
Animation and Simulation of Natural Environments
;
Behavioural Animation
;
Collision Detection
;
Computer Vision, Visualization and Computer Graphics
;
Geometry and Modeling
;
Interactive Environments
;
Physics-Based Modeling
;
Real-Time Visual Simulation
;
Scene and Object Modeling
Abstract:
According to the requirements of our ongoing research on algorithms of robot vision and manipulation, we present a newly developed simulation framework for mobile robot environments called SIMORE. A dynamic 3D environment has been created in which simulated robots, sensors and actors can be manipulated. Multiple methods to operate a robot are provided including control by manual input devices, graphical user interface and program commands. The interface to the simulator is transparent so that the control commands can be directly transferred to the real hardware platform after successful simulation tests. In addition to the 3D graphics engine the simulator has a physics engine to guarantee a correct physical behavior. The modeling of all objects (visual and dynamic) can be done in modeling software. Simulations can run either in an offline mode, in which actions are predefined, or in an online mode, where an operator can directly manipulate the simulated system by manual input devices
. The simulation framework is designed to be modular and flexible in order to allow future extensions and enhancements such as inclusion of additional sensors.
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