Design of UAV Telepresence and Simulation Platform Based on VR

A "man-in-the-onboard-loop" solving scheme is proposed in order to overcome the disadvantages of UAV control method and solve the problems on UAV pilot training. This scheme is an integration platform for UAV telepresence and simulation. It uses "telepresence" virtual reality technology to merge the dynamic images from airborne camera and the geography data information generated by computer on the ground so as to build a virtual "true" flight environment. It gives the ground-operator much enough sense display and interaction feedback to increase his sense of immersion to control the UAV in a long distance, thus enables the UAV to be a "man-control" aircraft. Besides that, it provides a platform for training UAV pilot in such applications as training and simulation. We present the whole and detailed design for the platform in both structure and function, and discuss the key technology in it. Finally, a prototype system is adopted to validate the feasibility of this scheme.