Title :
Virtual environments for robotics education: an extensible object-oriented platform
Author :
Demetriou, Georgios A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
The article discusses impediments that face researchers and academic institutions that try to implement training programs. The ability of virtual modeling and simulation (VM&S) systems to mitigate some problems is explained. A solution system, Virtual Robots (VROBO), is developed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; control engineering education; digital simulation; object-oriented methods; robots; VROBO; Virtual Robots; extensible object-oriented platform; robotics education; virtual environments; virtual modeling and simulation systems; Defense industry; Educational robots; Humanoid robots; Humans; Legged locomotion; Manufacturing automation; Marketing and sales; Medical robotics; Robotics and automation; Service robots;
Journal_Title :
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MRA.2005.1577044
