Training Situation Center Based on Three-Dimensional Virtual Studio for Distributed Mobile Robotics Laboratory

Abstract

We consider the problems of creating a training situation center for training management skills of mobile robotic systems control based on the concept of territorially distributed laboratory. This task can be efficiently performed by means of three-dimensional rendering system and software and hardware support for information analysis and management activities. The base concept of approach is the real-time virtual studio that provides computer simulation of threedimensional scenes and motion of actual mobile robots, real-time operation with multiple cameras and have powerful and fast 3D and stereoscopic real-time rendering. We have developed 3D scenes corresponding to places of the intended use of robotic devices and additionally several polygonal 3D models of external artifacts, textures for them and finally recorded animation layers with appropriate controllers of the virtual studio. Mobile robots moved against a background of the chromakey green screen in different places of distributed laboratory are incorporated into the virtual network laboratory on the basis of VPN-tunnels through the Internet by special software.