Solving the collision detection problem

Author

Garcia-Alonso, Alejandro ; Serrano, Nicolás ; Flaquer, Juan

Author_Institution

Technical Studies & Res. Center

Volume

14

Issue

3

fYear

1994

fDate

5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

43

Abstract

Considers how a happy convergence of factors in the mid 195Os led CEIT and the University of Navarre to team up for an ambitious project. First, we accumulated expertise in the fields of computer graphics, mechanism analysis and solid modeling. Second, the appearance of 3D graphics workstations on the market allowed us to put our experience to work to develop CompAMM (Computer Analysis of Machines and Mechanisms), a general-purpose program to simulate and visualize in real time the kinematic analysis of complex articulated bodies. We got a Hewlett Packard 350 SRX in July 1987 and made our first presentation of the real-time analysis and visualization of 3D mechanisms at an international congress in Seville two months later. Target applications included robotics, vehicles, mechanisms, spaceship manoeuvres, teleoperator training, astronaut motion, and ergonomics inside vehicles.<>

Keywords

digital simulation; kinematics; mobile robots; path planning; position control; solid modelling; 3D graphics workstations; CEIT; CompAMM; Computer Analysis of Machines and Mechanisms; Hewlett Packard 350 SRX; astronaut motion; collision detection problem; complex articulated bodies; computer graphics; ergonomics; general-purpose program; kinematic analysis; mechanism analysis; mechanisms; real-time analysis; robotics; simulation; solid modeling; spaceship manoeuvres; teleoperator training; vehicles; visualisation; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer graphics; Computer simulation; Convergence; Kinematics; Solid modeling; Space vehicles; Visualization; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.279041

Filename

279041