| Title: |
Visualization Tool/Mobile Command Center |
| Category: |
Industry |
| Intellectual Property: |
Student team negotiates Memorandum of Understanding with business |
| Year: |
2009 |
| Semester: |
Fall |
| Sponsor Name: |
Raytheon Missile Systems |
| Sponsoring advisors: |
|
| Sponsor URL: |
http://www.raytheon.com/businesses/rms/ |
| Sponsor Information: |
Raytheon Missile Systems designs, develops, and produces missile systems for U.S. and allied forces, including air-to-air, strike, naval weapon systems, land combat missiles, guided projectiles, exoatmospheric kill vehicles, and directed energy weapons. |
| Sponsor funding note: |
Only 2 of the 5 projects submitted by this sponsor will be allowed to be populated. |
| ITAR Restriction: |
No |
| Scope of work: |
As space becomes a more viable commercial market, a simulation tool that can visualize both ground based and spaced base simulation data is increasingly necessary. However, the more traditional approach of a tool that simply reads in a data file and animates the path has two major drawbacks: first, it doesn't allow for human-in-the-loop interaction or piloting (the simulation would be effectively autonomous), and secondly, it's often desirable to visualize a simulation or actually telemetry data in real time. Additionally, as the military evolves towards an ever increasingly Net-Centric environment, a means of assessing and viewing the entire battle space at once is becoming not only advantageous, but necessary. This project proposes the creation of a visualization tool with the capability to wear three different hats: static visualization (reading in a telemetry file and playing back the mission), dynamic/interactive visualization (receiving, visualizing and interacting with data being published from a simulation in real-time - think "piloting" the simulation), and ultimately extending the dynamic visualization capability to interact with real physical objects.
At the end of the year, the students will be expected to demonstrate a portable system that:
1) displays and updates the position/attitude of three remote control vehicles in a 3D rendering of either a pre-existing or fabricated environment, most likely a park, parking lot, or some other suitably small to medium sized location.
2) displays video feed from each RC vehicle
3) provides an interface for a single user to toggle between and control all three RC vehicles
For any students that find the project interesting, the attached file goes into more detail about what's expected for the project, breaking it down into three progressive design phases. |
| Project summary: |
|
| Disciplines: |
Mechanical Engineering (1)
Computer Engineering (2)
Electrical Engineering (2) |
| Skills: |
Students will need to:
Perform 3D modeling in DirectX or OpenGL
Program in C++
Outfit RC vehicles with GPS, gyros, and video cams
Wireless transmit GPS, gyro, and video data
Program microcontrollers/FPGA’s |
| Additional resources: |
Some Raytheon engineers and a simulation interface to test against. Depending on time and progress, additional funding and assistance can be provided to help set-up a mock battle to demonstrate the systems capabilities. |
| Key Contact Name: |
Jason Hansen, Joseph Peterson |
| Key Contact Email: |
Jason.C.Hansen@raytheon.com, Joseph_S_Peterson@raytheon.com |
| Key Contact Phone: |
520-275-1308 |
| Project URL: |
|
| Mentor Name: |
|
| Mentor Email: |
|
| Mentor Phone: |
|
|