DocumentCode
795927
Title
Virtual environments for robotics education: an extensible object-oriented platform
Author
Demetriou, Georgios A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Volume
12
Issue
4
fYear
2005
Firstpage
75
Lastpage
91
Abstract
The article discusses impediments that face researchers and academic institutions that try to implement training programs. The ability of virtual modeling and simulation (VM&S) systems to mitigate some problems is explained. A solution system, Virtual Robots (VROBO), is developed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; control engineering education; digital simulation; object-oriented methods; robots; VROBO; Virtual Robots; extensible object-oriented platform; robotics education; virtual environments; virtual modeling and simulation systems; Defense industry; Educational robots; Humanoid robots; Humans; Legged locomotion; Manufacturing automation; Marketing and sales; Medical robotics; Robotics and automation; Service robots;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1070-9932
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MRA.2005.1577044
Filename
1577044
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