Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!ames!uhccux!meier From: meier@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Johannes Meier) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Simulating Robots Summary: WZL Message-ID: <7941@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Date: 29 May 90 20:27:37 GMT References: Reply-To: meier@uhccux.UUCP (Johannes Meier) Distribution: na Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 24 In article steve@arezzo.siemens.com (Steve Giovannetti) writes: > > Has anyone had any experiences in simulating robot like systems in a 3-d >graphics environment? I am interested in the technical details of how people >have modeled arms, legs, etc. I am also interested in what people think of >using these types of models to develop control algorithms considering the >assumptions that these types of models make (ie no joint slippage etc). > When I was working as a graduate assistant at the University of Technology, Aachen, FRG, I saw a lot of this type research in the context of flexible manufacturing systems. You might want to check out the current research at the institute 'WZL' of the University of Technology, Aachen, RWTH. A general address of the university is: WZL RWTH Aachen Templergraben 61 51 Aachen West Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes Meier 'Surf is up, so what am I doing here.' ----------------------------------------------------------------------