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

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2986

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7087-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2001.971965

Filename

971965