Title :
SimBot-a simulation tool for autonomous robots
Author :
Turnell, D.J. ; DE Fatima, M. ; Turnell, Q.V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Fed. da Paraiba, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper describes an autonomous robot simulation tool called SimBot. This tool allows users to create scenarios containing multiple autonomous robots and to develop controller programs for these robots. The tool manages the physical modeling of the scenario and generates the multiple 3D views necessary for robot vision and user viewing. The user builds up each robot from a library of configurable body parts. The robot controller programs are implemented as Windows DCOM objects and can be distributed transparently over networks. to speed up robot development, we have begun implementing a few C++ classes for vision analysis and path planning
Keywords :
digital simulation; distributed object management; path planning; robot programming; robot vision; stereo image processing; C++ classes; SimBot; Windows DCOM objects; autonomous robot simulation tool; configurable body part library; controller programs; multiple 3D views; multiple autonomous robots; path planning; physical modeling; robot vision; scenarios; user viewing; vision analysis; Cameras; Education; Educational robots; Hardware; Path planning; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; User interfaces; Virtual environment;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7087-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2001.971965
