EuroDocker - simulation and visualisation of docking.

The EURODOCKER project is a European project that aims at constructing docking stations to facilitate the launching, recovering and recharging of AUVs. The task of IAU has been to develop simulation software, to be used for simulating and visualising docking operations. Check out a demo of the docking visualisation by clicking on one of the pictures below. The left one is fast but not too detailed. If you're on a fast link and posses a powerfull computer try the right one instead.


When the scene has loaded, click on the AUV and watch it dock. The simulations was created using a simulation package developed by Thomas Dall Larsen and Rasmus Bjerngaard allowing Simulink models and VRML visualisations to run in parallel, communicating over sockets. The two scenes shown here has been generated using a recording interface of the simulator. To read about this download the report [Simulation.pdf] or view an [abstract]. In order for the demo to work your browser needs to be VRML enhanced. A free VRML viewer can be downloaded from: http://cosmosoftware.com/. To get the complete software including all DIS, Java, VRML, C, Matlab source and binaries click here (approx 6.6Mb zipped and 14Mb unzipped): Simulator.zip.
The AUV models used in the simulations can be browsed below. The rather big (4.2Mb) model to the right is too complex and the left one maybe a bit too crude.

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Last Updated at Fri Aug 6 1999
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