Full-Body Haptic Cueing Algorithms for Augmented Pilot Perception in Degraded/Denied Visual Environments
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
FORUM 2023 - Vertical Flight Society 79th Annual Forum and Technology Display
Abstract
This paper demonstrates the development, implementation, and testing of full-body haptic cueing algorithms for augmented pilot perception. Full-body haptics is in the form of localized electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) is achieved via a commercial, off-the-shelf product called TESLASUIT. Cueing algorithms are developed for roll-axis compensatory tracking tasks where the pilot acts on the displayed error between a desired input and the comparable vehicle output motion to produce a control action. The error is displayed to the pilot using three different cueing modalities: visual, haptic, and combined visual and haptic. For the visual and combined visual and haptic modalities, visual cues are also considered in degraded visual environments (DVE). Full-body haptic cueing algorithms that are based on a proportional-derivative (PD) compensation strategy on the tracking error are found to provide satisfactory pilot vehicle system (PVS) performance for the task in consideration when using haptic feedback only (no visual cues) and to improve PVS performance in DVE when using combined visual and haptic feedback. These results indicate that the use of secondary sensory cues such as full-body haptics to augment the pilot perception can lead to improved/partially-restored PVS performance when primary sensory cues like vision are impaired or denied.
Funding Number
N000142312067
Department
Research Foundation
Recommended Citation
Michael T. Morcos, Spencer M. Fishman, Alessandro Cocco, Umberto Saetti, Tom Berger, Martine Godfroy-Cooper, and Edward N. Bachelder. "Full-Body Haptic Cueing Algorithms for Augmented Pilot Perception in Degraded/Denied Visual Environments" FORUM 2023 - Vertical Flight Society 79th Annual Forum and Technology Display (2023).
