3D virtual reality simulator for planetary rover operation and testing

2009 IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurements Systems, VECIMS 2009 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 101-106

  Yu, Chang Qing ^a   Ju, He Hua ^a   Gao, Yang ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D virtual reality; DEM; Rover locomotion; Rover operation and testing; Vision based navigation

Indexed keywords

3D VIRTUAL REALITY; DEM; ROVER LOCOMOTION; ROVER OPERATION AND TESTING; VISION-BASED NAVIGATION;

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER TESTING; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NAVIGATION; PLANETARY LANDERS; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 70349921926     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VECIMS.2009.5068874     Document Type: Conference Paper

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