Title :
XAnimate: an educational tool for robot graphical simulation
Author :
Marhefka, Duane W. ; Orin, David E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
fDate :
6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
XAnimate has been developed at The Ohio State University to provide portable graphical simulation capabilities at no cost. XAnimate´s graphical user interface, C library of functions, and a set of predefined objects enable users to easily display animated wireframe images or solid color objects for robotics systems of any topological structure. The use of X Windows and C allows the package to be ported to almost any Unix system
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer animation; control engineering computing; digital simulation; graphical user interfaces; robots; solid modelling; C library; Ohio State University; Unix; X Windows; XAnimate; animated wireframe images; educational tool; graphical simulation; graphical user interface; robot graphical simulation; solid color objects; topological structure; Animation; Displays; Educational robots; Graphical user interfaces; Graphics; Libraries; Packaging; Robot kinematics; Robotics and automation; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
