An operator interface for a robot-mounted, 3D camera system: Project Pioneer

Author

Steele, Fitzgerald, Jr. ; Thomas, Geb ; Blackmon, Theodore

Author_Institution

Iowa Univ., Iowa City, IA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

13-17 Mar 1999

Firstpage

126

Lastpage

132

Abstract

The purpose of Project Pioneer is to develop an exploratory robot capable of creating a three-dimensional photo-realistic map of the inside of the damaged Chernobyl nuclear reactor, measure the environmental and radioactive conditions, and collect samples of concrete from the physical structure to determine its mechanical stability. This paper describes the virtual reality interface for Pioneer´s three-dimensional mapping system. This interface addresses a wide variety of technical challenges, including several that are unique to the hostile Chernobyl environment

Keywords

fission reactor accidents; fission reactor materials; mechanical stability; mobile robots; nuclear engineering computing; realistic images; stereo image processing; user interfaces; virtual reality; 3D mapping system; 3D photo-realistic map; Project Pioneer; concrete sample collection; damaged Chernobyl nuclear reactor; environmental condition measurement; exploratory robot; hostile Chernobyl environment; mechanical stability; operator interface; radioactive condition measurement; robot-mounted 3D camera system; virtual reality interface; Accidents; Cameras; Cities and towns; Concrete; Filters; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Service robots; Virtual reality; Water pollution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality, 1999. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

1087-8270

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0093-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.1999.756943

Filename

756943