Publications / 2000 Proceedings of the 17th ISARC, Taipei, Taiwan
Hydraulic elevating platforms are commonly used machinery in assembling outside covers to buildings, washing windows etc. Evacuation of people from high places as well as fire-fighting are also well known service areas of elevating platforms. A team of researchers, designers, and end-users has introduced a concept of a man-in-the-loop simulator to be used in operator training for time-critical and accurate boom maneuvers. The hardware consists of a boom platform mounted on a 3d Stewart platform. Virtual engineering software is used to visualize the working environment on wall screens while a real-time simulation model transforms large boom movements to produce restricted motion in the Stewart mechanism.