DocumentCode :
1739762
Title :
Distributed virtual environment collaborative simulator for underwater robots
Author :
Choi, S.K. ; Menor, S.A. ; Yuh, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA
Volume :
2
fYear :
2000
fDate :
2000
Firstpage :
861
Abstract :
This paper describes a distributed virtual environment collaborative simulator (DVECS) for testing of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) where both real and simulated vehicles-remotely operated vehicles (ROV) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV)-can interact and cooperate in a hybrid, synthetic, virtual environment containing various types of real and simulated vehicles, obstacles, conditions and disturbances. This virtual system can be used to determine (1) the optimal performance criteria for the vehicles and its application, (2) the advantages and disadvantages of collaborative application tasks between multiple UUV, and (3) the optimal communication links between remote locations. The current DVECS is being tested between the University of Hawaii in Honolulu and the University of Tokyo in Tokyo as a joint, international research program. It also utilizes virtual reality projection system, which immerses the user for optimal visualization
Keywords :
digital simulation; distributed processing; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; optimisation; remotely operated vehicles; telecommunication links; telerobotics; underwater vehicles; virtual reality; AUV; DVECS; ROV; UUV; autonomous underwater vehicles; collaborative application tasks; distributed virtual environment collaborative simulator; optimal communication links; optimal performance criteria; optimal visualization; underwater robots; unmanned underwater vehicles; virtual reality projection system; Collaboration; Graphics; Hardware; Mobile robots; Remotely operated vehicles; Software maintenance; System testing; Underwater vehicles; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2000. (IROS 2000). Proceedings. 2000 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Takamatsu
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6348-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2000.893127
Filename :
893127
Link To Document :
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