Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1999.811668
