Mobile Intelligent Autonomous Systems

Appendix B: Notes on Software and Algorithms Related to Robotics

CONTENTS

B.1    USARSim Tutorial

B.1.1  USARSim System Architecture

B.1.2  Simulator Components

B.1.2.1  Environment Simulation

B.1.2.2  Sensor Simulation

B.1.2.3  The Robot Simulation

B.1.2.4  Control Simulation

B.2    Robotics Toolbox

B.3    Robot Path Planning Algorithms

B.4    Simbad Robot Simulator

B.5    CADAC: Computer-Aided Design of Aerospace Concepts in C++

References

This appendix offers a brief description of some software tools which would be useful for carrying out simulation and other analyses related to robotics and or aerospace vehicles is given.

B.1    USARSIM TUTORIAL

The USARSim is a game (game-theoretic)-based high-fidelity and interactive simulation of ...