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Behaviour in motion.
Jean-Sébastien Guay
jean-sebastien.guay@cm-labs.com
About Vortex
Provide interactive
simulation-based
solutions
for effective skills
development and
operations planning.
Heavy equipment
Defence ground vehicles
Advanced robotics
Research
Hundreds of customers
worldwide.
Employee owned,
financially solid and
growing.
Vortex Tools and Services
Vortex brings a virtual
world to life – based
on fundamental
physics and
mechanical system
behaviour
Makes a virtual
vehicle feel real to
the operator
Virtual test of
equipment is
reliable input for
planning
Vortex Software Toolkit
Specialized modules
for vehicle and cable
system simulation
Integration with
industry standard 3D
visual systems
Tools/Services
Real-time multi-body
dynamics simulates
the machine
behaviour
Physics-based
simulation for
dynamic collision and
response, fluids and
terrain interaction
Current openings
3D Graphics
Employment
Software
Opportunities
Developer
C++ Designer
Engineering
Manager Simulators
Contact us at:
hr@vxsim.com
List of openings:
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Demonstration
Video
Additional
Material
Vortex Applications
Predicting the
outcome of operations
using synthetic
environments
Operator training with
ground vehicles, heavy
equipment and
robotics
Operations planning
for high-risk, costly
and remote engineered
procedures
Simulation of
autonomous robotics
systems for control
design
Vortex Advantage
Simulate complex
equipment operations
within dynamic virtual
environments
Reduce the cost and
time in implementing
physics-based VR
Increase quality for
human interaction with
simulation
Improve accuracy in
predicting outcomes
and identifying failure
Vortex Software Engineering Services
The Vortex team
provides unique
expertise and experience
to help our customer
achieve results in less
time and cost.
Implementation and
training
Modeling of virtual
worlds
Simulation of
equipment
Development of turnkey applications
Advanced simulation
technologies
Vortex Customers
and Applications
Vortex Customer Profile
John Deere - Forestry
Training simulators
for tree harvesters
and log forwarders.
Simulators at
schools and
operators
worldwide.
Vortex Customer Profile
BAE Systems – Engineering Tank
Terrier armored
engineering vehicle
operator training
Driver, loader and
excavator training
4 turn-key systems
built and delivered
to UK MOD
Vortex Customer Profile
Honda Research – Humanoid Robotics
Simulation of
ASIMO, humanoid
robot, for design
and testing
Vortex models
mechanical
systems for ASIMO,
hand grasping
Building virtual
robot testing for
ASIMO
Vortex Customer Profile
Battelle – EOD Robotics
Simulation of
robotic vehicles for
operator training
and virtual testing
Vortex simulates
robot drive system,
tethers, payloads,
manipulators,
explosions
Interaction with
objects in virtual
world, IED search
and destroy
Vortex Customer Profile
Perry Slingsby – ROV Training Simulators
Sub-sea ROV
simulator for
operator training
and mission
planning
Simulation of deep
sea environment,
cable systems,
sensors/sonar,
robotic
manipulators, and
ROV propulsion
Vortex Customer Profile
Contex – Taiwan Army
M113 APC training
simulators
Joint-project with
Vortex to provide
turn-key training
solution
12 simulators
delivered
Vortex Customer Profile
Immersive Technologies – Mining Equipment
Bradley Eatt, Software Manager
Immersive Technologies
Tools/Services
“Over the course of our development,
Vortex has proven itself as a reliable
foundation upon which we can build our
complex simulation systems.”
Worldwide leader
in operator training
solutions for
mining industry
Simulation of heavy
equipment for
mining operations
Vehicle simulation
and interaction loaders, haul
trucks, excavators,
shovels, dozers
Vortex Customer Profile
OETIO
“Vortex simulators contribute
to ensuring the best qualified
crane operators and to
reducing costs from damages
and repairs, while boosting
productivity.”
Gerry Hughes, Director,
OETIO
Training crane and
heavy equipment
operators for over
25 years
Hundreds of
students every
year at two
campuses
Use six simulators
in training – mobile,
crawler, tower
crane and concrete
pump
Vortex Customer Profile
International Union of Operating Engineers
Train operators
through-out North
America
Multiple sites using
Vortex simulators
Offer crane
operator, and earthmoving equipment
operator training
programs.
VxMaster and
VxAdvantage for
construction crane
Vortex Customer Profile
BP
Training center to
support BP Texas
City Refinery
operations
Maintain a crew of
50 qualified and
apprentice
operators
Mobile and crawler
crane training
2 VxAdvantage
systems
Vortex Customer Profile
Liebherr Nenzing
Offshore and port
crane simulator
Integrated directly
with Liebherr cab
and controls
Vortex Customer Profile
PNI Norway
Stavanger
international
offshore crane
operator training
facility
2500 students per
year
Platform and ship
based crane
operations
Full mission, teambased training
2 VxMaster and
Vortex Customer Profile
Acergy – Subsea Operations Planning
Desktop application for
subsea lift and ROV
operations planning
Simulates rather than
animates - Predicts
performance and
capability
Application for
tendering and
engineering subsea
projects
Live visualization of
equipment placement
and ROV systems
Vortex Customer Profile
LEGO
Physics for next
generation of LEGO
Digital Designer
Simulation of LEGO
Mindstorm
Release Q1 2011
Vortex Offshore Lift Crew Training
Best-in-class full
mission training for
offshore lift crews
Extensive library of
marine cranes and
operations exercises
available
Learning objectives
based on NORSOK,
OHMEC and HSE
directives
Proven technology in
marine/offshore
training installations
Vortex Offshore Lift Crew Training
Training simulates the
real job.
Library of training
exercises
Work starts with lift
planning
Proceed to start-up
checks and inspecting
the load, carriers and lift
gear, erect barriers
Perform the lift, all
incidents are logged for
later review
After action team review
with instructor
Team Training
Operato
r
Training + Teamwork = Safety
Signaller
Slinger
Instruct
or
Train the whole team
to work together.
Operator, Slinger and
Signaller
Multi-role immersive
training exercises
Operator Training with VxMaster Series
Fully immersive
simulator solution –
four to seven display
solutions
Real machine controls
Machine control thru
touch-screen digital
LMI
Easily reconfigurable
for different machines
Cab-like enclosure
Extensive training
exercises
Add-on motion base
Vortex Signaller’s Station
Team-based training,
signaller works with
the operator and
slinger
Can walk within the
worksite, position
themselves for the job
Can watch the lift
operations as the
operator performs the
task
Performs hand-signals,
camera shows
signalman to operator
(picture in picture)
Vortex Instructor’s Station
Instructor monitors,
interacts within the
simulation and
performs job review
Views the worksite in 3D,
can position the view
anywhere during
operations
Set-up specific
environmental conditions
and create equipment and
load faults
Operate all equipment
controls to assist the
student
Perform job review and
scoring
Manage the simulator and
load training exercises
Vortex and Robotics
Vortex is widely used
for robotics simulation
for training,
prototyping and
planning
Customers include
iRobot, EADS,
Raytheon, Schilling...
Validated, proven,
robust
Synergy between
requirements for
commercial and space
applications
Real lack of software
tools for simulating
robotics mobility and
Vortex Robotics – Future Work
Vehicle Motion
Lunar regolith and
general terrain
simulation
Nonholonomic
vehicle motion
Contact models for
wheel soil
interaction
Vortex Robotics – Future Work
Robotics Simulation
Flexible bodies:
flexible tracks, realtime FEA,
deformable soil
(excavation)
Sensor simulation:
visual, scanners,
LIDAR...
Actuator modelling
Grasp generation:
grasping methods
Vortex Robotics – Future Work
Robotics Design
Workflow
Matlab/Labview
realtime simulation
integration
Reuse of CAD data
for real-time
visualization
Planning support
Networked support
for scaled
simulations