The productivity of the airline industry has increased over time after the deregulation. Longer flights, higher aircraft utilization rates, along with more fuel efficient aircraft, and operational plans designed to economize fuel are major reasons to expect better productivity performance in the airline industry. This achievement cannot be realized unless technological changes in the aircraft m...

Guidance and control of aircraft in the landing phase imposes extra pilot work loads, hence application of automatic landing control systems is of great importance. In this study automatic landing control systems are introduced and an optimal landing control system is designed. The control system performance criteria are based on minimum control effort. The designed system is simulated for a tr...

A small number of Peripheral Vision Display Systems in threesignificantly different configurations have been evaluatedin various aircraft and simulator situations. The use ofthese development systems has enabled the gathering of muchsubjective and quantitative data regarding this concept offlight deck instrumentation.However, much has also beenlearned about the limit...

Automation does not mean humans are replaced; quite the opposite. Increasingly, humans are asked to interact with automation in complex and typically large-scale systems, including aircraft and air traffic control, nuclear power, manufacturing plants, military systems, homes, and hospitals. This is not an easy or error-free task for either the system designer or the human operator/automation su...

The paper presents the main design concepts of a hyper-flexible cell for low-volume industrial aircraft manufacturers. The cell is served by two cooperative robots, each of them equipped with a simple and reliable adaptive prehensor, purposely developed for the robust handling of limp carbon-fiber preforms. Some details are given about the adopted picking technology and results obtained on a pu...