Affordable Virtual Reality Setup for Educational Aerospace Robotics Simulation and Testing

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No AccessTechnical NotesAffordable Virtual Reality Setup for Educational Aerospace Robotics Simulation and TestingZhenyu Shi and Catharine L. R. McGhanZhenyu ShiUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221 and Catharine L. R. McGhanUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221Published Online:20 Dec 2019https://doi.org/10.2514/1.I010723SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Quigley M., Conley K., Gerkey B., Faust J., Foote T., Leibs J., Berger E., Wheeler R. and Ng A., "ROS: An Open-Source Robot Operating System," ICRA Workshop on Open Source Software, Vol. 3, IEEE, New York, Jan. 2009, p. 5. Google Scholar[2] Koenig N. and Howard A., "Design and Use Paradigms for Gazebo, an Open-Source Multi-Robot Simulator," 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vol. 3, IEEE, New York, 2004, pp. 2149–2154. Google Scholar[3] "oculus_rviz_plugins [online database]," GitHub, https://github.com/ros-visualization/oculus_rviz_plugins [retrieved 14 May 2019]. Google Scholar[4] "RVIZ Plugin for the HTC Vive [online database]," GitHub, https://github.com/AndreGilerson/rviz_vive [retrieved 14 May 2019]. Google Scholar[5] Whitney D., Rosen E., Phillips E., Konidaris G. and Tellex S., "Comparing Robot Grasping Teleoperation Across Desktop and Virtual Reality with ROS Reality," Proceedings of the International Foundation for Robotics Research (IFRR), Springer, Berlin, Feb. 2018, pp. 335–350, https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030286187. Google Scholar[6] Abrash M., "Latency—The Sine Qua Non of AR and VR," Ramblings in Valve Time, online blog, http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/abrash/latency-the-sine-qua-non-of-ar-and-vr/ [retrieved 29 Dec. 2012]. Google Scholar[7] Shi Z. and McGhan C. L., "An Affordable Approach for Space Robotics Simulation and Testing Using Virtual Reality," 2018 AIAA SPACE and Astronautics Forum and Exposition, AIAA Paper 2018-5229, 2018. LinkGoogle Scholar[8] "LTSEnablementStack [online database]," Ubuntu wiki, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack [retrieved 29 July 2019]. Google Scholar[9] Kreylos O., "Environment-Independent VR Development," International Symposium on Visual Computing, Springer, Berlin, 2008, pp. 901–912, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-89639-5_86. CrossrefGoogle Scholar Previous article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byComparative Analysis of ROS-Unity3D and ROS-Gazebo for Mobile Ground Robot Simulation20 December 2022 | Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Vol. 106, No. 4AI-Driven Virtual Simulation for Packaging CustomizationInternational Journal of Information System Modeling and Design, Vol. 13, No. 2A Transferable Psychological Evaluation of Virtual Reality Applied to Safety Training in Chemical Manufacturing7 January 2021 | ACS Chemical Health & Safety, Vol. 28, No. 1 What's Popular Volume 17, Number 1January 2020 Metrics CrossmarkInformationCopyright © 2019 by Catharine L. R. McGhan. Published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., with permission. All requests for copying and permission to reprint should be submitted to CCC at www.copyright.com; employ the eISSN 2327-3097 to initiate your request. See also AIAA Rights and Permissions www.aiaa.org/randp. TopicsArtificial IntelligenceAvionics ComputersComputer GraphicsComputer Programming and LanguageComputer VisionComputing and InformaticsComputing, Information, and CommunicationData ScienceHuman-Robot InteractionOperating SystemsRoboticsRobotsSoftware SystemsSystems Software KeywordsRoboticsHumanoid RobotOpen Source SoftwareCommercial off the ShelfStereo CamerasHuman Robot InteractionApplication Programming InterfaceCentral Processing UnitLinux Operating SystemGraphics Processing UnitAcknowledgmentsThe research for this work is being carried out by the AS4SR Lab, which is supported by the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the U