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The ONERA LABSIM (from French acronym : “LABoratoire de SIMulation”), created mid-October 2010, was initially designed to support ; human-system interaction in aeronautics, rotary-wings operations & systems research studies in order to reveal innovative interaction concepts, prototype & evaluate them in piloted simulation. |
Capabilities
Following the VR principles, the LABSIM capabilities can be dived as 3 categories :
1. Sensory-motor devices : “Exploring next-gen piloting interfaces”
- Wittenstein © active side-sticks for flight envelop protection & obstacke avoidance
- multi-touch devices with up to ten touch-points
- Haption Virtuose © 6-dimensional robot arm for disruptive interaction means
- hand free gesture captue through LeapMotion © devices
- AR & VR head-mounted display
2. Biophysical Sensors : “Quantifying & modeling the human behavior”
- Optirack © 120Hz infra-red based mo-cap device
- SmartEye © binocular 120hZ eye-tracker
- Biopac © with 16 channels : EEG, EMG, ECG, GSR, force sensor
- BrainVision © 96 channels EEG system
3. Expert Models : “Modelling the flight behaviour with high fidelity”
- ART FlightLab © (aircraft, rotorcraft, UAV’s)
- ship deck modeling
- flight control systems
- generic avionics models
- & more …
Facilities
First of all, every facilities can all work simultaneously in shared scenarios trough the LABSIM Software Simulation Ecosystem. Actually, we maintain three physical means :
1. PYCSHEL - prototyping & conceptions of systems for helicopters
This bench stand for PrototYping & Conception of Systems for HELicopter. It allows the researcher to design, prototype and test systems for Helicopters. It is composed of a CAVE for immersive display, four tactile-screen for avionics and two seated cockpit : one with passive helicopeters sticks and another one with active side-sticks.
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| Multi-touch screen close up with simplified avionics | CAVE overview with LABSIM VESA image generator | ||
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| subject equiped with the Biopac © EMG | same subject equiped with the Biopac © EMG and the Optirack © Flex13 mocap sensors |
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2. SCHEME - prototyping bench for innovative interfaces
This bench is composed of a cylindrical 180° immersive display & a single operator station. It is primary used to design/prototype new interaction means & study the subject behaviour & cognitive state through bio-physiological metric such as eye-tracking, mo-cap, ECG, EMG, EEG & GSR… Moreover, this bench is the LABSIM hybrid-reality bridge to real-world UAV.
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| Simpit Icarus 180 Avenger © immersive CAVE equipped with the SmartEye © eye tracker back station |
Close-up of the SCHEME immersive cockpit | ||
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3. LIPS - laboratory for pilot/system interaction studies
This laboratory is mainly used for the human-system interaction studies. It allows the interaction of up to 10 operators (ATC’s, pilots, UAV payload operators, UAV pilots,…) in a complex scenario with up to 128 vehicles. It grant the possibility to study the interactions between the operators and the systems or between the different operators
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| Simple experiment with the Biopac © EEG | Overview of the multi-UAV mono-operator fusion post equipped with the Biopac © ECG |
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If you want to know more about the software ecosystem that leaverage the LABSIM, then you should check our in depth technical documentation.