Human-Factors-Engineering Laboratory
Laboratory Description
Part of the laboratory serves as a research platform for the topic of human-drone interaction. For this purpose, the laboratory has various flying test vehicles (DJI Matrice 300 RTK with L2 (LiDAR), DJI Mavic Enterprise Dual, and DJI Mini), four ground stations Remote Pilot Station (RPS) and the mobile Remote Pilot Station (mRPS) as an iOS application.
The Human Factors Engineering Laboratory also has its own cockpit simulator, which is currently designed as a one-person cockpit (single pilot operation). The simulator serves as a test platform for augmented reality head-mounted displays such as the Microsoft HoloLens or the Apple Vision Pro. The use of speech to control safety-critical on-board systems is also being investigated (Speech Enabled Cockpit).
Applications
- Practical training of students as part of the Human Factors Engineering course module, in particular practical design and evaluation of human-machine interfaces at the RPS.
- Development and analysis of operating and display concepts for the control of unmanned aerial vehicles without direct visual contact (BVLOS - Beyond Visual Line of Sight) at the RPS and the mRPS.
- Development and analysis of operating and display concepts for voice control of aircraft (Speech Enabled Cockpit) in the cockpit simulator.