Computer Tools
Computer Tools at the Automationand Robotics Section
The robotic section is equipped with state-of-the-art commercial Computer Tools to perform:
- kinematic and dynamic simulation of robot systems (ROBCAD, IGRIP)
- general Computer Aided Control System Design (MathCAD, MATLAB, 20Sim, SciLab)
- Real-time control software development (VxWorks-Tornado, LynxOS, QNX, Linux-RTAI)
- 3D visualisation development (INVENTOR)
- Computer Vision application development (TargetJR)
- Video production (Adobe Premiere, FinalCut PRO)
Furthermore a series of tools were purpose-developed at ESA by Contractors for
- remote control of robots (FAMOUS, DREAMS)
- robot operations planning (TAPAS)
- robot motion visual simulation (3DRM)
- terramechanics performance simulation (RCET)