A New Method for the Teleoperation of Aircraft

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A New Method for the Tele-operation of Aircraft

• Dr. Paul Oh
• James Hing

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Presentation Outline

• Market Potential
• State of the Art UAS
• Identifying Gaps - Motivation of Project
• Current Developments
• Notional Solution Notional Experiment
• Optimal Goal
• Minimal Requirements for proof of concept
• Timeline

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Market Potential

• Search and rescue
• Firefighting
• Transport
• Commercial fishing
• Entertainment
• Overlooked Military applications
• Unlimited potential if we can not only replicate
  manned flight through tele-operation but also
  improve it!

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State of the Art of UAS

• No life risk, autonomous, agile, lighter,
  enhanced flying ability, endurance

Predator
Global Hawk
RMAX
Fire Scout
X-45
RMAX -www.yamaha-motor.co.jp Global Hawk - OSD
UAV Reliability Study Predator - OSD UAV
Reliability Study ,Fire Scout -
www.defenceindustrysdaily.com X-45 UCAV
www.darpa.mil
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State of the art UAS

• Ground control of UAS

Controller for Radio Controlled Aircraft
Ground Control Station for Larger
UAVsweb.nps.navy.mil
Shadow Ground Control Station
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Identifying Gaps

• Dull, Dirty, and Dangerous but limited in tasks!
• Current manned missions
• 2005 194 Civil Helicopter Accidents 25
  Serious, 26 Fatal (HAI Helicopter accident
  database)
• Not taking advantage of current technology to
  keep our pilots safe!

Fire Fighting
Rescue
Transport
Transport - www.aldercomms.co.uk Fire Fighting
www.wearefla.com, photos.signonsandiego.com,
Rescue www.images.travelpod.com
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Limitations of Current Autonomous Systems

• Out of the Loop syndrome
• Sensor requirements increase with level of
  autonomy
• Automation unable to predict and program for all
  possible contingencies
• Extensive preplanning time
• Losing advantages of pilot in the loop!

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Limitations of Current Remote Piloted Systems

• Lower situational awareness
• Lack of physical / haptic cues and audio cues
• Small field of view from onboard camera
• Internal Pilots can not operate aircraft with the
  efficiency of a manned aircraft

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Current Developments
Raytheon Universal Control System
Reality Vision A2Tech

• Significant academic research for improving pilot
  situation awareness
• No one trying for maximum fidelity of inside the
  cockpit! (ie. Motion, vibration, auditory)

Alpine Wasp TGR Helicorp
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Notional Solution

• Utilize advantages of both the pilot and UAS
  technology!

Boeing UnmannedLittle Bird
Manned Helicopter
ETC GAT II - Helo
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Notional Experiment
Payload
SR100 UAV
Antennae
Target
Buddy Box
Motion Platform

• Test
• Pilots ability to perform task with additional
  cueing
• Pilots ability to perform task without
  additional cueing

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Science to Enable Mission

• Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC)

Little Bird Flight Qualities (Yaw, pitch, roll
rates)
SR100 Flight Qualities (Yaw, pitch, roll rates)
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Science to Enable Mission

• Sensors - IMU, GPS, Compass, Altimeter,
  Microphone

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Modifications to the Motion Platforms
Vibration, Sounds
AltitudeAttitude etc.
Visual
Collective, ThrustCyclic, Anti-Torque
Seat Shaker
ETC GAT II Helo
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Optimal Goal

• Highest flight fidelity possible
• 6 DoF system with shaker seat
• Full High Definition Field of View
• SR100 with manned helicopter flight model
• Complete Sensor Suite
• Communications LOS UHF, BLOS UHF, Ku-band
  SATCOM
• Manned Helicopter Pilot
• RC Helicopter Pilot

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Minimal Requirements

• 3 DoF system
• Two monitors
• Forward looking
• External Load / Target
• SR100 with no flight model
• Sensors IMU, GPS, Altimeter, Compass
• Communications RF, 802.11
• Manned Helicopter Pilot
• RC Helicopter Pilot

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Time Line
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Questions Discussion

• Thank You