Abstract
A high performance parallel processing architecture has been designed for the simulation of dynamic mechanical systems. This architecture is designed to exploit parallelism in the simulation of rigid body motion in order to achieve real-time performance. It is also capable of detecting and simulating collisions between bodies in the system. A real-time control system is incorporated for providing realistic force feedback to a human subject using a four degree of freedom manipulandum. The computer architecture also provides an interface for real-time graphics display of the mechanical simulation. The design is based on the use of the Inmos transputer, a compact microprocessor specially designed for parallel processing architectures.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Robotics - 1992 |
| Publisher | Publ by ASME |
| Pages | 55-61 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Volume | 42 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0791811077 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1992 |
| Event | Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Anaheim, CA, USA Duration: Nov 8 1992 → Nov 13 1992 |
Other
| Other | Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
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| City | Anaheim, CA, USA |
| Period | 11/8/92 → 11/13/92 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Mechanical Engineering