Ecological design of augmentation improves helicopter ship landing maneuvers: An approach in augmented virtuality.

ABSTRACT: Helicopter landing on a ship is a visually regulated "rendezvous" task during which pilots must use fine control to land a powerful rotorcraft on the deck of a moving ship tossed by the sea while minimizing the energy at impact. Although augmented reality assistance can be hypothesized to improve pilots' performance and the safety of landing maneuvers by guiding action toward optimal behavior in complex and stressful situations, the question of the optimal information to be displayed to feed the pilots' natural information-movement coupling remains to be investigated. Novice participants were instructed to land a simplified helicopter on a ship in a virtual reality simulator while minimizing energy at impact and landing duration. The wave amplitude and related ship heave were manipulated.

SUBMITTER: Morice AHP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8357182 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature