Implementation Analysis of a Washout Filter on a Robotic Flight Simulator - a Case Study

HUMAER: A Test-Bed Environment for Human Factors Investigations in the Aeronautic Domain

“…They can be all synchronized together using the Captiv ® application to help in the identification of the pilot workload and awareness in front of the flexible SIVOR's cockpit, which can also be adapted by means of some augmented reality technology detailed in Table 4 (Besides the Tobii HTC Vive in Table 1, which is also a virtual reality glasses). Since some of the main approaches to evaluate the fidelity of motion-cueing in a flight simulator are based on qualitative pilot's feedback [11], the emphasis in this area is to use objective cognitive measures for this kind of investigation. Some topics are: a) Comparative analysis of the washout filter algorithms used to control the robotic platform using additional excitation form the SIVOR's shaker units and measuring the platform's accelerations using the SIVOR's IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) and the pilot's level of perception using the GSR, ECG and eye-tracking's pupil dilation measures.…”

“…Let us present some samples of previous results [11,[14][15][16][17] from researches developed along the setup and development of the SIVOR flight simulator and HUMAER test-bed. In addition, to evince the potential of the sensory equipment, we provide some measurements from some sensors gathered along a regular flight training session in SIVOR.…”

“…One of the major concerns of the SIVOR's development team during its implementation phase was to evaluate the effectiveness of the motion-cue strategy with a robotic arm and a linear rail unit for the fight training fidelity. Prior the setups of the HUMAER testbed, the analyses were eminently based on the qualitative pilots' assertions [11,17] or model-based evaluations that further considered the human's physiologic perception system models [14][15][16].…”