Fork-lift truck simulator for training in industrial environment

: Since their first usage simulators have been employed in training staff in civil aeronautics and in military fields to improve driving skills without compromising safety of people and machineries. This paper will present an innovative fork-lift simulator, suited for training in industrial environments. Actually most frequent causes of accident with fork-lifts are due to wrong manoeuvres accomplished by drivers. This simulator aims to improve skills in driving and handling materials using a fork-lift. The system can reply inertial feedback on the operator and allows the user to control all the tasks of a fork-lift as driving and handling materials. The paper presents an overall view of the system including its motion system and its control algorithms, the supporting structure, the embedded physical based model who animates the environment and the display system who provides to front and back graphics. Finally the system introduces the preliminary results achieved during the first trai...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ETFA
• Authors: Massimo Bergamasco, S. Perotti, Carlo Alberto Avizzano, Marcello Angerilli, Marcello Carrozzino, Emanuele Ruffaldi
• Keywords: ETFA 2005, Fork-lift Simulator, Innovative Fork-lift Simulator, Wrong Manoeuvres