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NASA VERVE: Interactive 3D Visualization Within EclipseAt NASA, we develop myriad Eclipse RCP applications to provide situational awareness for remote systems. The Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA Ames Research Center has developed VERVE - a high-performance, robot user interface that provides scientists, robot operators, and mission planners with powerful, interactive 3D displays of remote environments.VERVE includes a 3D Eclipse view with an embedded Java Ardor3D scenario, including SWT and mouse controls which interact with the Ardor3D camera and objects in the scene. VERVE also includes Eclipse views for exploring and editing objects in the Ardor3D scene graph, and a HUD (Heads Up Display) framework allows Growl-style notifications and other textual information to be overlayed onto the 3D scene. We use VERVE to listen to telemetry from robots and display the robots and associated scientific data along the terrain they are exploring; VERVE can be used for any interactive 3D display of data.VERVE is now open source. VERVE derives from the prior Viz system, which was developed for Mars Polar Lander (2001) and used for the Mars Exploration Rover (2003) and the Phoenix Lander (2008). It has been used for ongoing research with IRG's K10 and KRex rovers in various locations. VERVE was used on the International Space Station during two experiments in 2013 - Surface Telerobotics, in which astronauts controlled robots on Earth from the ISS, and SPHERES, where astronauts control a free flying robot on board the ISS.We will show in detail how to code with VERVE, how to interact between SWT controls to the Ardor3D scenario, and share example code.
Document ID
20140013445
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Cohen, Tamar
(Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. (SGT, Inc.) Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Allan, Mark B.
(Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. (SGT, Inc.) Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
November 11, 2014
Publication Date
March 17, 2014
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence And Robotics
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN13681
Meeting Information
Meeting: EclipseCON 2014
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: March 17, 2014
End Date: March 20, 2014
Sponsors: Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNA08CG83C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
3D Visualization
Robotics
Eclipse
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