iVTII: Vibrotactile Psychomotor Acquisition of Helicopter Hovering Skills
Hovering helicopters is known as one of the most difficult tasks to achieve for pilots in training. The major challenge for beginners lies within the psychomotor learning of the complex interrelationschip between control input and the relative motion of the flying object. This research is based on the hypothesis that the tedious trial and error psychomotor learning of beginners in simulated flight can be accelerated by facilitating an enhanced interface to intuitively and accurately sense the aircraft’s dynamics. We propose a novel approach providing the pilot with real-time vibrotactile feedback of the ground velocity vector. This parameter is crucial for hovering and comparatively difficult to accurately estimate by visual cues and indicators on the dashboard. Utilizing a custom made sidestick pilots were provided with 30/360 degrees resolution vibrotactile directional and quantitative feedback. Pre-liminary experiments with amateur pilot subjects exhibit an accelerated acquisition of hovering skills and improved accuracy in repeated trials compared to subjects not provided with additional feedback. We named this system intelligent vibrotactor version II (iVTII) since it was the second prototype.
Human Factors Tactile Avionics Flight Simulator Training Tutorial System
Ken E. Friedl Shinji Suzuki
Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, J Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering,The University of Tokyo, Ja
国际会议
2011年亚太航空航天技术学术会议(APISAT 2011)
澳大利亚
英文
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2011-02-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）