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Títol: Functional evaluation of haptic and visual feedback systems for pilot performance

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Director/a: PRATS MENÉNDEZ, XAVIER

Departament: FIS

Títol: Functional evaluation of haptic and visual feedback systems for pilot performance

Data inici oferta: 02-07-2025     Data finalització oferta: 02-07-2025


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG SIST AEROESP
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: ERASMUS
 
Paraules clau:
Haptic feedback Visual feedback Pilot performance Cognitive workload Multisensory feedback systems Fitts' Law Human-machine interaction Aviation safety Workload management
 
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Overview (resum en anglès):
This study presents an experimental analysis of haptic, visual, and combined (haptic + visual) feedback systems and their influence on pilot performance and cognitive workload in simulated flight control tasks. The research aimed to evaluate the effectiveness, learnability, and workload impact of each modality under both single-task and multitasking conditions. A haptic joystick prototype was used as the primary control device, enabling the collection of detailed performance metrics such as average positional error, reaction time, subjective workload, and Fitts' Law parameters.

The results demonstrated that visual feedback remains a very precise and intuitive modality, consistently producing high accuracy and stable control across sessions. Haptic feedback, while initially less efficient, showed the strongest learning effects and significant improvement over repeated trials, confirming its potential as a complementary system. The combined feedback condition showed precision levels similar to those of visual feedback and achieved the shortest reaction times, suggesting that simultaneous visual and haptic input may facilitate faster responses through multisensory integration. However, this configuration was also perceived as the most cognitively demanding, particularly under multitasking conditions.

Overall, the findings emphasise the relevance of combined feedback as a potential enhancement to current pilot-assist systems, providing redundancy and faster response capabilities while highlighting the importance of balancing performance benefits with manageable cognitive workload.

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