MRI: Acquisition of a High-Performance Laser Scanner for Research and Education in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Robotics and Computer Graphics

这项提议收购了一种用于高精度地图和可视化应用的高端扫描设备，支持土木工程和建筑(()竣工环境中的再工程)、计算机图形学(身体运动)、机器人(类人机器人运动)和触觉(基于力的操纵)等领域的各种项目的研究。这项研究构成了接近学科的重大变化，在这些学科中，信息损失(由于当前生成的站点)和设备构成了主要障碍。提高信息捕获的准确性和数量，用于建筑管理中的直接应用，对象识别和分类，以及更广泛的模型建立，工作涉及以下项目：信息技术使建筑管理成为可能，研究建筑工地缺陷的早期检测和管理，并利用动态服务网络中的先进技术，建筑中的计算建筑评估，建筑物设计的模拟和建成环境的可视化，计算机图形学和仿人机器人学，具体研究高保真动画，虚拟环境中的感知/性能实验，障碍中的人形运动和基于力的操作，以及3D感知，具体正在进行和未来的模型构建，对象识别，广泛影响：该基础设施支持跨多个部门的研究，包括改进3D扫描技术和3D内容获取，并提供使用新扫描技术及其应用程序的教育和培训。由于新的工程方法的前景，本科生的参与似乎特别合适。

This proposal, acquiring a high-end scanner device for high-precision mapping and visualization applications, supports research in various projects in civil engineering and architecture ((re-)engineering in as-built environments), computer graphics (body motion), robotics (humanoid robotics locomotion), and haptics (force-based manipulation) among others. The research constitutes a substantial change in approaching disciplines where the loss of information (due to current-generation site) and equipment form major barriers. Improving the accuracy and quantity of information capture for direct applications in construction management, for object recognition and classification, and for model building more broadly, the work addresses the following projects:Information technology enabled construction management with research on early detection and management of defects at construction sites, and utilization of advanced technologies in dynamic service networks,Computational building evaluation in architecture with simulation of building designs and visualization of as-built environments,Computer graphics and humanoid robotics with specific research on high fidelity animation, perception/performance experiments in virtual environments, humanoid locomotion among obstacles and force-based manipulation, and3D perception with specific on-going and future research on model building, object recognition, and classification.Broader Impact: The infrastructure, supporting research across multiple departments, includes improvement on 3D scanning technology and 3D content acquisition, and offers education and training in the use of the new scanning technology and its applications. The involvement of undergraduates appears particularly suitable due to the promise of new engineering approaches.