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Hovercraft telemanipulation virtual models and interface design
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A control system was designed to allow humans to manually drive an, usually
automatic, two wheeled hovercraft. The size, the mass and the way of driving this
vehicle proves to be an issue for the everyday, untrained person to achieve.
During this thesis several control layouts were designed with the objective of
creating an intuitive and easy way of driving such a vehicle. At the end two where usertested
using a simulation (also developed during this thesis) of the said hovercraft set
against obstacles similar to those expected to be encountered on its real environment.
The two layouts are just slightly apart in performance but numerous issues were
found that can be used to redesign a better control layout. This means that no definitive
winner was found but a foundation for a better design was indeed found.
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