RISE mobile robot operator training design

Abstract

In the paper the framework for RISE (risky intervention and environmental surveillance) mobile robot operator training design is presented. The basic idea of the framework is to provide advanced software tools to improve the performance of the mobile robot simulation design that are applicable for operator training. The simulator is the end product of the framework. To achieve realistic rigid body simulation and realistic rendering the NVIDIA PhysX engine and the OGRE engine are used. It has to be noticed that the compatibility between the framework software and CAD modeling tools such as SolidWorks was essential, therefore virtual models are exchangeable via COLLADA files. The simulator can be integrated with control panel of the mobile robot. It is possible to simulate the behavior of several types of robots such as caterpillar or wheeled. It is important to emphasize that presented result is a new approach related to mobile robots applications and potentially can improve the process of advance mobile robot application design and professional training of the operators.