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From: nagle@well.sf.ca.us (John Nagle)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Simulating Robots
Message-ID: <18279@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 1 Jun 90 06:11:06 GMT
References: <STEVE.GNUS11@arezzo.siemens.com>
Reply-To: nagle@well.sf.ca.us (John Nagle)
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In article <STEVE.GNUS11@arezzo.siemens.com> steve@arezzo.siemens.com (Steve Giovannetti) writes:
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>    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).

      SILMA, in Cupertino, CA, sells simulation systems for doing just
that.  Several books by John Craig describe some of the control algorithms
they use.

					John Nagle