Virtual Environment to Support Ocean Robotics
Abstract
Virtual Environment to Support Ocean Robotics.Project Summary: We propose to create an authentic, open-source virtual robotics e"nvironment to accelerate the development and evaluation of ocean robotics and to use these tools to create and host the 2019 Virtual" Maritime RobotX Challenge (VMRC). In the near-term this infrastructure will support the RobotX challenge, complementing the ongoing"" series of RobotX competitions. However, as demonstrated by past virtual robotics competitions, development of foundational simulati"on capabilities has a lasting benefit beyond the competition itself. The simulation environment would be immediately useful for part"icipants in similar events such as RoboBoat and RoboSub. Also, by extending the Gazebo simulation environment to enable multidomain"" vehicle coordination (under, at and over the water surface), we will provide a common, accessible, authentic basis for rapid design" and testing of robotic platforms in the complex ocean environment beyond competition applications.The long term goal of this project is to bring together the existing tools and create the interstitial technologiesto create a general purpose robotic simulation toolkit that will be immediately useful to maritime robotic projects in particular and multi-domain robotics projects in general. We will achieve this goal by leveraging the success of (and previous investment from Government and others in) the Gazebo simulator.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 29, 2017
- Source ID
- N000141712940
Entities
People
- Brian Berkey
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- Open Source Robotics Foundation
- United States Navy