Development of a VRML/Java unmanned airship simulating environment

Author

Ramos, Josue G., Jr. ; Maeta, Silvio M. ; Bergerman, Marcel ; Bueno, Samuel S. ; Mirisola, Luiz G B ; Bruciapaglia, Augusto

Author_Institution

Autom. Inst., Technol. Center for Inf. Found., Campinas, Brazil

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1354

Abstract

We present one of the first Internet-accessible airship simulators, based on a comprehensive airship dynamic model. The simulator is meant to be used as a tool for the development of control and navigation methods for autonomous and semi-autonomous robotic airships and as testbed for airship pilot training. Realistic views of both the airship in flight and that of a virtual pilot are provided, as are commands to apply thrust to the engines, swivel them up and down, and deflect the control surfaces. This work is significant for providing robotics researchers with means to safely experiment with airship control

Keywords

Java; aerospace simulation; aircraft control; computer based training; mobile robots; virtual reality; virtual reality languages; Internet-accessible airship simulators; VRML/Java simulating environment; airship control; airship dynamic model; airship pilot training; autonomous robotic airships; semi-autonomous robotic airships; unmanned airship; virtual pilot; Aerodynamics; Automatic control; Computational modeling; Helicopters; Internet; Java; Navigation; Propulsion; Robotics and automation; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1999. IROS '99. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kyongju

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5184-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IROS.1999.811668

Filename

811668