Accession Number:

ADA561658

Title:

Virtual Teleoperation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Descriptive Note:

Final performance rept. 15 May 2005-31 May 2011

Corporate Author:

IOWA STATE UNIV AMES CENTER FOR VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS

Personal Author(s):

• Oliver, James H.

Report Date:

2012-01-24

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

The objective of this initiative was to design, develop, implement, and test the hardware, software, and aeronautical systems necessary to create immersive ground control stations based on virtual reality technology. Our goal was to explore the inversion of the typical paradigm in which information is conveyed to a remote operator. Rather than augmenting realtime visual information typically from cameras with information generated from other sensors and systems e.g., heads-up display, we explored, using a virtual environment of the operating theater as the primary interface context that is augmented in spatial and temporal context with the myriad of information sources available in a modern military engagement. We also explored, developed, and measured the effectiveness of new human interface techniques to enable remote operators to effectively control swarms of semi-autonomous air vehicles.

Descriptors:

• *DRONES
• *VIRTUAL REALITY
• COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• CONTROL SYSTEMS
• DETECTORS
• GROUND STATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Pilotless Aircraft
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE