Simulate a physical robot in LabVIEW

[sarwatsarfaraz]

I have made an underwater ROV based on Crio, I have also made its GUI on LabVIEW. 

In my GUI, I want to visualize the movements of the ROV, as in, I want to simulate the robot in my GUI to make the GUI look more appealing. 

I've gone through this link , which tells about simulating a mobile robot without actually making a physical robot, but I've already made a physical robot and just want to simulate its movement on a screen with a predefined environment in the GUI, in order to 'beautify' the GUI. I don't want to test and debug my robot on Labview robotic simulator. 

Would I still have to follow this long method? Or could I do it in a different and easier way?

[Bob_Schor]

If I wanted to simulate a physical robot in LabVIEW, and the Robotics Module included a Simulator, I would definitely start there!  Of course, I haven't seen your code, don't know how "complete" it is, whether it "works" or is still a "work in progress", and other details.  Why don't you give it a try?

Bob Schor

[Jamosgee]

Did I understood correctly, that you actually don't want to simulate anything, you simply want to visualize the robot's movements in the GUI? If this is the case, you should more likely look into how to visualize a cRio controlled system status.

[sarwatsarfaraz]

Have you done that before? If yes, could you please guide me a little more about it? I googled this, but couldn't find any meaningful results. 

[sarwatsarfaraz]

@Bob_Schor This method is actually too long and difficult, whereas the outcome would be such a simple thing. And I don't even know if I'll be able to successfully implement it, so I thought there must be some easier way to do it. 

If there isn't, I suppose I'd have to follow this difficult method. 

This is the visualization that I have in mind. 

The status of my project is that I'm able to manually control the ROV through a joystick, Crio, and Labview. It has depth and IMU sensors, and a camera. Its automation is still a "work in progress". I also have the CAD model ready. 

Can I do the robotic simulation with the information of these sensors?

And any idea how long would it take to simulate my robot with Labview robotics simulator? (I'm a beginner only, and have never used the robotics simulator)

Any hints could help me a lot.

[Jamosgee]

I think you should probably use the Robotics Module.