Development of Virtual Reality based prototypes for Human Machine
Interfaces in complex and safety critical systems. With regard to
applications in aerospace interaction paradigms have been
investigated in the following fields: advanced cockpits for fixed
wing aircrafts, Ground Control Stations for UAVs (Unmanned Aerial
Systems), innovative interfaces for Air Traffic Management and
Augmented Reality based maintenance operations. All these studies
have been developed in the framework of international or industry
committed projects (see the next section). Research in this topic
is currently focusing on how higher levels of automations and new
technologies that will impact on the HMIs of the future in the
evolving and growing aerospace system. In particular, most recently, application studies have been developed in the aeronautics domain. Through the participation to different Horizon 2020 projects the following researches have been conducted: Design and development of Virtual Reality Environments and Human Response models for optimising comfort and wellbeing in aircraft cabin interiors and experimental studies based on EEG (Electroencephalography) for the mitigation of OOTL (Out Of The Loop) effects in highly automated environments for Air Traffic Management
Technologies such as CAD (Computer Aided
Design), RE (Reverse Engineering), VR (Virtual Reality) and RP
(Rapid Prototyping) have been implemented in in vivo experiments
for maxillofacial rehabilitation. Facial prostheses, surgical
guides and scaffold design for steam cells seeding are the main
streams of this research activity. Time and cost savings deriving
from the application of engineering design methods to biomedical
practices have been presented together with advantages to the
patient. Research objective in this field is currently based on the
optimization of engineered scaffolds for regenerative
medicine.
