Realization of a Desktop Flight Simulation System for Motion-Cueing Studies. (11th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Volkaner, Berkay; Sozen, S. Numan; Omurlu, V. Emre
• Is Part Of: International journal of advanced robotic systems. Volume 13:Number 3(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-05-11
• Subjects: Stewart Platform -- Motion Cueing -- Washout Filter -- Flight Simulator; Robotics -- Periodicals; Robotics; Periodicals; 629.892
• DOI: 10.5772/63239
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1729-8806

Abstract

Parallel robotic mechanisms are generally used in flight simulators with a motion-cueing algorithm to create an unlimited motion feeling of a simulated medium in a bounded workspace of the simulator. A major problem in flight simulators is that the simulation has an unbounded space and the manipulator has a limited one. Using a washout filter in the motion-cueing algorithm overcomes this. In this study, a low-cost six degrees of freedom (DoF) desktop parallel manipulator is used to test a classical motion-cueing algorithm; the algorithm's functionality is confirmed with a Simulink real-time environment. Translational accelerations and angular velocities of the simulated medium obtained from FlightGear flight simulation software are processed through a generated washout filter algorithm and the simulated medium's motion information is transmitted to the desktop parallel robotic mechanism as a set point for each leg. The major issues of this paper are designing a desktop simulation system, controlling the parallel manipulator, communicating between the flight simulation and the platform, designing a motion-cueing algorithm and determining the parameters of the washout filters.