Project Description
Terrestrial aircraft and helicopter pilots often experience large sustained vehicle motions, but they also must reliably perceive potentially very small motions. For example, when hovering a helicopter they must perceived slight translations left/right or forward/backward. Here, we aim to quantify human perceptual thresholds (i.e., how small of a motion can reliably be perceived) for translation. We will perform human subject experiments to quantify these translation perceptual thresholds. Subjects will be seated in our Tilt-Translation Sled motion device and translated either left/right or forwad/backward and report which direct they felt like they moved. Subject reports will be analyzed to identify the smallest motions that can be reliably perceived. This will inform how small of motions terrestrial aerospace pilots can be expected to perceive and when their perceptions might be limited.
Special Requirements
Must be available to operator human test sessions in 3-4 hour blocks.
Contact
- Torin Clark (faculty
- David Temple (graduate student)