Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2015
2015 Paper No. 15168 Page 1 of 9
Helicopter pilot’s modeling including the stress factor
Warsaw University of Technology
ABSTRACT
In the modeling and simulation domain the human is often considered as an inherent system element. In most studies
his/her model remains unchanged due to the external factors. Concerning the wide studies on human performance,
workload impact, psychological aspects of human behavior, such an assumption might be too far of a simplification.
The present study proves, that a relationship between the mental stress and human dynamics cannot be neglected.
function of external stimuli i.e. mental stress
must be considered. The aim of this study was to present identification of a mathematical human model and
measurement methodology of the mental stress level during various work conditions. 20 pilots form Polish Air force
Academy were involved. Pilots performed a slalom maneuver task on a SW-4 helicopter flight simulator. Subjects
had to repeat slalom maneuver three times, each time, the work conditions were different. The simulator software
allowed the registration of flight parameters during the experiment. The analysis of collected data were used to
assess the flight efficiency of each
survey. Additionally, to determine the level of pil
and skin impedance methods were applied. Finally, base on registered data, the typical dynamic models of each pilot
have been identified. Consequently the models obtained from various flight conditions were compared with the
stress level respectively. The comparison of model parameters and detailed analysis identified some tendencies in
models. The presented paper proves that human susceptibility to external factors directly transfers into dynamic
models. The study shows that using more complex models that includes stress factors is much closer to the real
human behavior.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Antoni Kopyt received his MSc degree in 2009 in Biorobotics at Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering,
Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland. During studies he spent one year at the L'lnstitute Polytechnique
des Sciences Avancees, Paris, France due to Erasmus student exchange program. Currently Mr Kopyt is a Ph.D.
student, at Department of Automation and Aeronautical Systems, WUT. In 2013, he went to NASA Langley
Research Center, VA, USA for two months scholarship, doing research on Adaptive automation. His professional
interests are: computer simulations, automation, human operator modeling, biofeedback, human-in-the-loop. Mr.
Kopyt participated in several projects funded by European Commission, such as: ACROSS, TALOS, NEFS,
NICETRIP, and also in several nationally founded projects like: PROTEUS, "Development of mobile platform to
support forensic investigation of crime scenes where CBRN threat may occur''. He also received a Faculty grant for
young scientist for the research on his PhD Thesis. He supported teaching process at Faculty of Power and
Aeronautical Engineering in several subjects like Control in Aerospace, Aeronautical Systems Laboratory,
Simulation of Aeronautical Systems. He published several papers in scientific and technical journals and was active
presenting multiple speeches at international and national conferences.
