Paper Info
Title
Integrated 3-D Animation System for Decentralized Controlled Space Telescope Test-bed
Abstract
This paper presents the design and implementation of an integrated 3-D animation system for space segmented telescope test-bed. Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF), the objective of the animation system is to demonstrate various real-time control algorithms developed in Structures Pointing And Control Engineering (SPACE) Laboratory, and to provide a research tool for exploring new control algorithms. The development of the 3-D animation system involves a variety of techno! logies, such as real-time decentralized control, animation technology based on computational geometry, and user-friendly graphic user interface design methodology, etc. In order to integrate heterogeneous technologies together seamlessly, a highly modularized methodology is employed, based on which the 3-D animation system is decomposed into four autonomous modules. Each module encapsulates a different technology. To enable efficient interaction between different modules, inter-module communication is established by Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA). This system integration method provides an open and flexible platform for software development, and significantly reduces the cost of implementation and maintenance.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2004
MSV'04 & AMCS'04, PROCEEDINGS
segmented telescope,3-D Animation,Graphic User Interface,control algorithm,CORBA
Field
DocType
Citations 
Computer graphics (images),Animation system,Spitzer Space Telescope,Physics
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Helen Boussalis123.78
Charles Liu294.03
Jane Dong312.39
Khosrow Rad413.09
Catherine Alpas500.34
Yulu Chen600.34
Yeva Komandyan700.34
Xiaoqiang Ren811.71
Wie Sun900.34