CM Labs Simulations
CM Labs Simulations is a private company established in Montreal in 2001. CM Labs is the developer of the Vortex (software) simulation platform. The Vortex platform is composed of applications for creating interactive vehicle and mechanical equipment simulations in virtual environments.[1][2] Vortex simulates rigid body dynamics,[3] collision detection, contact determination, and dynamic reactions. CM Labs also manufactures crane and heavy equipment simulators based on Vortex technology.[4][5]
History
CM Labs was created when the management of MathEngine Canada Inc. purchased a portion of the business from MathEngine PLC, the parent company in the UK. MathEngine Canada Inc. was originally the research and development team responsible for creating the Karma physics simulation engine for computer games. CM Labs shifted its focus away from gaming to the visual simulation for training (VST) market, targeting Vortex at robotics and heavy-equipment operator training in both commercial and military applications. CM Labs clients include FMC Schilling Robotics, iRobot, Honda Research, L-3, Lockheed Martin, NASA, and Carnegie Mellon University.[6]
Vortex has been under active development ever since the initial launch of the software in 2001.
References
- ↑ "Solving the Realism Challenges of Next-generation Heavy Equipment, Earth-moving, and Military Simulations", Military Technology, Special Issue 2013
- ↑ "Using Simulation to Solve the Challenges of Offshore Operations", Scandinavian Oil – Gas Magazine No. 5/6 2013
- ↑ AI*IA 2003: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, 8th Congress of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, Pisa, Italy, September 23–26, 2003, Proceedings, Amedeo Cappelli, Franco Turini (Eds.)
- ↑ "Faster training Simulation is the Goal of New Vortex Software", Crane & Rigging Hot Line – Nov 2013
- ↑ Montreal simulators prove popular with contracting firm and railway - Crane and Hoist Canada – May/June 2013
- ↑ About CM Labs