Learning to fly an aircraft is a complex task that requires the development of control skills and goal achievement strategies. This paper presents a behavioural cloning system that learns to successfully fly manoeuvres, in turbulence, of a realistic aircraft simulation. A hierarchical decomposition of the problem is employed where goal settings and the control skill to achieve them are learnt. ...

Because the amount of fuel usage is huge, and exhaust emissions of commercial transports is regulated under the Kyoto Protocol, how to reduce fuel consumption is an urgent problem for all airlines. The airlines urgently need a practical method to reduce fuel consumptions within constraints to accomplish the mission. The objective for the present paper is to use a model-based method and flight d...

The construction of surgery simulators will be a key tool in the development and diffusion of minimally invasive surgery. Nowadays, most simulators are oriented to training surgeons in only one surgery technique. Most of them only permit the modelling of tissues with only one kind of deformable model. In this paper, we present our generic surgery simulator for minimally invasive surgery. In thi...

The core element of traditional simulation is a fixed database which is overlaid by a traffic model. Despite obvious efficiency of simulator use, shortcomings must be seen in (1) imperfect reality and control, (2) fixed sequencing of scenarios which cannot be altered during simulation, and (3) missing of objective evaluation of drivers’ performance. Therefore, at the University of Wuerzburg a n...

This paper discusses the technical issues that were required to adapt a KUKA Robocoaster for use as a real-time motion simulator. Within this context, the paper addresses the physical modifications and the software control structure that were needed to have a flexible and safe experimental setup. It also addresses the delays and transfer function of the system. The paper is divided into two sec...