NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY  Jet Propulsion Laboratory  
1991 Phase II 

3-D Scene Simulation and Vision System 

Vexcel Corporation 

Boulder, CO 
 

INNOVATION 
    Simulation testbed for use in designing robot vision system and simulating their performance
3-D Scene Simulation and Vision System
3-D Scene Simulation and Vision
System
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
 
    • System designed and developed using requirements developed for a simulation testbed
    • Established feasibility of using system for designing novel  computer vision systems
    • Introduced open data architecture to maximize user application
COMMERCIALIZATION 
    • Industrial facility design
    • Computer animation of movie sets
    • Monitor slopes where earth is shifting
    • Sales are $1/2 million annually and expected to increase significantly
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS 
    • Design of robotic vision systems for TOPSAT and future   Mars landers and rovers
    • Currently used by armed services for forensic medicine  (cause of death)
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