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Title | Domain Specific Modeling Language for Test World Creation |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Alexander, J, Pyryt, A, Bhadani, R, Bunting, M |
Conference Name | CAT Vehicle Research Experience for Undergraduates |
Date Published | 08/2019 |
Publisher | The University of Arizona |
Conference Location | Tucson |
Keywords | autonomous vehicles, dsml, simulation |
Abstract | It is often necessary to use a 3D physics simulator in order to model and test complex robotic systems. Verifying certain behaviors of systems in the real world can be costly, time-consuming, and even dangerous, while simulations are relatively cheap and fast. However, creating simulated environments to test robotic behaviors can take up quite a lot of time and processing power. In order for behaviors to be tested in a variety of scenarios, multiple environments must be created, causing verification time to increase. This paper presents a domain-specific modeling language that can be used to speed up this process. This modeling language can be used in WebGME to generate multiple world and launch files in Gazebo, a 3D dynamics simulator. These world files can then be used to test various behaviors of complex robots such as the CAT Vehicle (Cognitive and Autonomous Test Vehicle) in a variety of simulated environments. This model language can save valuable testing time by quickly creating usable test files for complex physics based models such as the CAT Vehicle. |
URL | http://csl.arizona.edu/content/domain-specific-modeling-language-test-world-creation |