Multivehicle simulation system

In this thesis, we designed and implemented a simulator that supports multiple robots within a dynamic environment. The goal of this tool is to provide a testing environment for navigational robots that run on the MOOS platform. The simulator is written in C++ and utilizes several open source libraries to create a virtual world for robots to interact with by faking sensor information. A design goal of this thesis has been to make the simulator versatile enough to be useful for a variety of robots, from land to marine. Such a tool is valuable in research because the cost of developing a custom simulator can consume too many man-hours. Reducing this cost by creating a generic and customizable simulator has been the main motivation behind this thesis. It has also been one of the major challenges behind the project.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Belote, Greg H

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• John J. Leonard.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45812

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/45812