The MPI cybermotion simulator: A novel research platform to investigate human control behavior

Journal of Computing Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-131

  Nieuwenhuizen, Frank M ^a   Bülthoff, Heinrich H ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphic robot; Cybernetics; Human perception; Motion simulator; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CYBERNETICS; HELICOPTERS;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HUMAN PERCEPTION; MOTION SIMULATOR; PASSIVE PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RESEARCH PLATFORMS; TRACKING PERFORMANCE;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 85008263179     PISSN: 19764677     EISSN: 20938020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5626/JCSE.2013.7.2.122     Document Type: Article

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