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News Releases New Software Platform Cuts Time-to-Market for Unmanned System DevelopersConstellationT from RTI provides framework, ready-to-use components, and end-to-end tool chain Orlando, FL - 9 July, 2002 - RTI (Real-Time Innovations) today unveiled Constellation, the new software platform for unmanned systems, at the AUVSI Symposium and Conference. The software platform provides a framework, components, and tools that simplify all aspects of unmanned system programming, from initial design through field configuration. Constellation is the first commercial, off-the-shelf platform designed specifically for unmanned systems. "The Constellation framework and re-usable components reduced our development effort by as much as 50% in some phases of our Quest underwater ROV development," stated Aaron Needles, Senior Software Engineer at Alstom Schilling Robotics, a developer of telerobotic manipulator systems and remotely operated vehicles. "In addition, Constellation's toolchain streamlined development so much we could move engineers into other areas sooner than planned." The software platform is the foundation on which any unmanned system is built. Historically, developers produced their own software platform, often for each new system and at great cost and risk. Constellation provides a complete software platform for unmanned systems, from a field-proven framework to an end-to-end tool chain. The framework provides a flexible architecture upon which teams of developers can build modular solutions from re-usable components. The tool chain provides a graphical development environment that covers requirements analysis, software design, controls design, project management, networking, revision control, system integration, simulation, testing, and debugging. Integrated Approach Simplifies System Development "Constellation is a new approach to complex control system development. We've integrated the best tools and standards for developing complex systems, some are RTI products, some are best-in-class from other vendors. It will change the way unmanned system developers build their products," states Dr. Stan Schneider, RTI Chief Executive Officer. "With Constellation, developers can use UML to speed the design process, turn their Simulink models directly into working code, build and test subsystems incrementally, and stop worrying whether their framework will scale as the project increases in complexity." "Students in the Lab have been using Constellation technology for years in projects as varied as an underwater ROV, autonomous, radio-controlled helicopter, and robotic manipulator. Today, we have four different projects using Constellation," states Dr. Stephen Rock, Director of the Stanford University Aerospace Robotics Lab. "The framework serves two critical purposes: it lets us re-use existing components and try out individual subsystems without modifying others." Availability RTI has more than 20 years of real-time software tools development and market experience. The new Constellation integrated platform expands upon and carries forward that experience. The Constellation framework, ready-to-use components, and graphical developer tool evolved from the ControlShell application development environment. The Constellation communications infrastructure is NDDS, RTI's real-time publish-subscribe middleware currently deployed in a variety of products for shipboard control, industrial automation, and semiconductor manufacturing, among others. The debug and analysis tools derive from RTI's popular ScopeToolsT, the first choice of VxWorksT developers worldwide. The fully-integrated Constellation package will be available in Q3, 2002. Packaging and Pricing Constellation will be available in a series of packages designed to help small developers building simple machines to large developers with teams of programmers building complex systems. Contact RTI for package pricing. RTI RTI (Real-Time Innovations, Inc.) is a leading provider of software tools, platforms, and professional services for controls systems and real-time embedded applications. For over 10 years, the ScopeTools product line has been helping embedded system developers produce higher quality, more reliable solutions. More recently, Constellation and WaveWorks have been helping OEMs build highly complex control systems more quickly and efficiently. The Constellation software platform provides a framework, ready-to-use components, and a graphical programming environment for building unmanned systems. The WaveWorks middleware and tools provide seamless communications and comprehensive tools for distributed, real-time systems. NDDS, WaveWorks, ScopeTools, Constellation, RTI, and Real-Time Innovations are registered trademarks or trademarks of Real-Time Innovations, Inc. All other trademarks used in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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