Author Archives: Craig Wells

So why is Caterpillar developing remote control bulldozers? There are actually 3 reasons why they are doing this: First and foremost is safety. As you can see, these vehicles sometimes operate in hazardous and dangerous environments.  Removing the operator from … Continue reading →

So one of our main goals this semester is to do real-time terrain deformation, but what is terrain deformation? A simple explanation of terrain deformation is moving the terrain up and down within our virtual environment.  It is however, more … Continue reading →

How does a bulldozer deform terrain? Terrain deformation for this project is not enough.  We have to deform it the way a bulldozer would change terrain in the real world. A bulldozer actually does this in very specific ways.  There … Continue reading →