3D virtual reality simulator for planetary rover operation and testing

Author

Yu, Chang-qing ; Ju, He-Hua ; Gao, Yang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Inf. & Control Eng., Beijing Univ. of Technol., Beijing

fYear

2009

fDate

11-13 May 2009

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

106

Abstract

This paper describes a computer-simulated virtual reality environment for planetary rover operation and testing. The proposed 3D Virtual Rover Operation Simulator (VROS) consists of rover model, perception of the planetary surface, and rover-terrain contact model, which provides a simulation platform to test and validate different rover chassis design, navigation and locomotion algorithms, and to support rover operation. Lab-based experiments have been carried out and results can demonstrate various functions of VROS and its performance.

Keywords

aerospace simulation; aerospace testing; planetary rovers; virtual reality; 3D virtual reality simulator; planetary rover operation; planetary rover testing; planetary surface perception; rover-terrain contact model; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser modes; Mars; Navigation; Space technology; Testing; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; 3D virtual reality; DEM; rover locomotion; rover operation and testing; vision-based navigation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurements Systems, 2009. VECIMS '09. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1944-9410

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3808-2

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9410

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VECIMS.2009.5068874

Filename

5068874