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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2009
Justin R. Garretson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Eric P. Parker, Albuquerque, NM (US);
T. Scott Gladwell, Albuquerque, NM (US);
J. Brian Rigdon, Edgewood, NM (US);
Fred J. Oppel, Iii, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Justin R. Garretson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Eric P. Parker, Albuquerque, NM (US);
T. Scott Gladwell, Albuquerque, NM (US);
J. Brian Rigdon, Edgewood, NM (US);
Fred J. Oppel, III, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for modifying the operation of a robotic vehicle in a real environment to emulate the operation of the robotic vehicle in a mixed reality environment include a vehicle sensing system having a communications module attached to the robotic vehicle for communicating operating parameters related to the robotic vehicle in a real environment to a simulation controller for simulating the operation of the robotic vehicle in a mixed (live, virtual and constructive) environment wherein the affects of virtual and constructive entities on the operation of the robotic vehicle (and vice versa) are simulated. These effects are communicated to the vehicle sensing system which generates a modified control command for the robotic vehicle including the effects of virtual and constructive entities, causing the robot in the real environment to behave as if virtual and constructive entities existed in the real environment.