Mobile Robotics Simulation

Mobile Robotics Simulation
Remarkable strides are being made in robotic autonomy, but challenges surrounding mobility, power systems and machine learning remain to be addressed.
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Boost development efforts with virtual robotics

Simulation of mobile and task-based robotics systems allow engineers to develop control algorithms that perform nearly identically to the real hardware. This translates into improved development productivity and product quality.

Vortex Studio is a real-time virtual test platform that provides the tools needed to create high-fidelity mobile robotics simulations grasping, access, and other task-based robotic applications.

Virtual Prototyping

Provide the performance only offered through real-time simulation and allow engineers to connect to code running on control hardware.

Build real-time systems simulations combining integrated multibody dynamics, mechanism modeling, and advanced 3D graphics.
Connect to software-in-the-loop such as controls simulations from 1D, model-based design tools or hydraulic simulation models
Operate your virtual prototypes in ultra-realistic situations to investigate robotic productivity and interactions

Operations Planning

Test equipment performance from routine to unexpected scenarios, and from the ocean depths to the worksite to the surface of planets.

Perform virtual operations to support tendering proofs-of-concept and de-risking of projects
Improve robotic workability by simulating challenging environments with accurate terrain and hydrodynamic models
Create a digital-twin of robotic operations and prove work-plans long before the equipment is deployed

In-the-loop Testing

Accelerate human-factors engineering and operator feedback with immersive simulators, advanced 3D graphics and HIL simulations.

Bring operators into the design cycle and have experienced users provide valuable feedback on virtual prototypes.
Experiment with and train control systems—such as ROS—in a fully customizable, dynamic testing environment.
Embed Vortex Studio in other software suites through robust libraries and a C++ API.

“Doing simulation prior to a ‘real’ inspection virtually allowed us to determine what configuration of the robot was optimal for deployment in the real world.”

Real-time Simulation for Mobile Robotics

Vortex Studio provides the framework and engine to accurately simulate mechanical dynamics and contact, and combine that with realistic virtual scenarios, sensors and control algorithms.

It provides engineers with the desktop tools to create mobility and access studies, modelling power consumption, task-based system performance and testing manipulator capabilities. It is the ideal tool for building real-time virtual robots operating in realistic scenarios in the ocean, in the home, on worksites or in space.

Test Mechanism Performance

Debug simulation performance issues, optimize settings and parameters, and run scripted test suites to automate processes.

Build Advanced Scenarios

Create a variety of scenarios from subsea to emergency response to complex worksites with dynamic, animated objects.

Dynamic Simulation for robotics equipment

Employ Mechanical Dynamics

Quickly construct vehicle models, tire/track interactions with terrain and accurate models of manipulators with contact and grasping.

Innovate Faster with Professional Services

CM Labs’ professional services team can help you accelerate your integration of Vortex Studio, improve user onboarding, and reduce the time required to embed within your enterprise.