CREATION OF 3D ENVIRONMENTS WITH OPEN-GL AND ECOSIMPRO: APPLICATIONS IN ROBOTICS

The majority of simulation software generates the results in the form of data tables and 2D graphics. To interpret these the designer must have a vivid imagination and good spatial vision. Thanks to the possibility offered by EcosimPro in which C/C++ files are created for each experiment, by means of graphics libraries the data can be presented in a 3D environment like Open-GL. In this environment the user can handle the object that has been created as though it were a real prototype. It is an easy and economical way to detect defects or possible improvements, and to present it to clients or personnel who are not accustomed to technical representation. This environment would be suitable for simulating robots because the dynamics usually present movement on the three spatial axes. The mathematics associated with robotics is closely linked to matrix algebra, so the work has been aimed at facilitating the matrix processing within the scalar environment of EcosimPro