MAESTRO: a tool for interactive assembly simulation in virtual environments

  • Authors:
  • Roland Steffan;Torsten Kuhlen

  • Affiliations:
  • Virtual Reality Center Aachen, Institute of Technical Computer Science, Aachen University of Technology;Virtual Reality Center Aachen, Computing Center, Aachen University of Technology

  • Venue:
  • EGVE'01 Proceedings of the 7th Eurographics conference on Virtual Environments & 5th Immersive Projection Technology
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

We introduce MAESTRO, a Virtual Reality based assembly simulation tool that comprises physically-based modeling, haptic feedback and artificial support mechanisms. The focus of this paper is on the developed support mechanisms and the evaluation of the system. The experimental results show that all three features – haptics, physics, and artificial support – considerably improve user performance and user acceptance during the completion of assembly tasks in a virtual environment.