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ugarsay
November 2nd, 2004, 10:23 PM
Hello guys! :wave:

I'm developing a simulator of a robot that has a camera and i would like the simulated view of the camera to match what the real robot camera "sees". My problem is how would one compare reality with simulation. What sort of techniques one could use to benchmark it?

Regards,
dk
Ejaz
November 3rd, 2004, 12:17 AM
Could you describe in little more detail that how you are planning to setup the camera? The work that you have done so far?

I haven't worked in robotic simulations, so for someone here who has done exactely the same thing is no problem, but others like me will find it hard to understand what exactly you want.
ugarsay
November 3rd, 2004, 03:40 PM
Could you describe in little more detail that how you are planning to setup the camera? The work that you have done so far?

I haven't worked in robotic simulations, so for someone here who has done exactely the same thing is no problem, but others like me will find it hard to understand what exactly you want.

Ok, the story goes like this: There physicaly exist a robot that has a camera on it and that robot being "inteligent" manages to find it's way around a room.
Now i want to build a simulator for that robot that will of course have a view of what the virtual camera "sees". I'm interested in ways to compare what the real camera would "see" with what my simulation camera's giving me.
wien
November 3rd, 2004, 06:07 PM
Umm.. So basically rendering a 3D scene from the robot's view?
Ejaz
November 3rd, 2004, 11:12 PM
Now i want to build a simulator for that robot that will of course have a view of what the virtual camera "sees". I'm interested in ways to compare what the real camera would "see" with what my simulation camera's giving me.

I think, you can design the external environment (level designing) in some tool, like 3D Max and then you can place your camera (virtual) in it and can navigate it.

The more close the level will with your real environment, the best results you'll get. For virtual camera part, have a look at this (http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/G-M/directx/directx8/article.php/c8279/). Its not exactely the camera that you can use for your robot, but it can easily be tailiored for that.