Personal Aerial Vehicles - The Next Big Game-Changer?

Explore the potential of Personal Aerial Vehicles (PAVs) as a revolutionary transportation solution in this 31-minute lecture by Heinrich Bülthoff from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. Delve into the challenges and enabling technologies for personal aviation, examining novel approaches to automation and piloting techniques. Investigate the socio-technological environment surrounding PAVs, including intuitive displays, controls, and multi-sensory human-machine interfaces. Learn about objective measures for workload and witness an HMI demonstration in a DLR simulator. Discover ongoing research in helicopter augmentation, NIRS technology, and the CableRobot Simulator. Examine various PAV concepts, including NASA's Urban VTOL Air-Taxi Study and the Ehang 184. Conclude with insights into the Volocopter VC200's first flight and its potential impact on energy and climate solutions.

Intro
The dream of Personal Aviation
Challenges for Personal Aviation
Enabling Technologies for Personal Aviation
Novel Approaches to Automation
Piloting Personal Aerial Vehicles
The Socio-Technological Environment
Intuitive Displays and Controls
Multi-sensory Human-Machine Interfaces
Objective Measures for Workload
HMI Demonstration in DLR Simulator
Ongoing work: helicopter augmentation
Hover task
Ongoing work: NIRS
Ongoing work: CableRobot Simulator
Ongoing work: Helicopter simulation
Many PAV concepts exist
NASA Silicon Valley Urban VTOL Air-Taxi Study Kevin R. Antcliff, Ken Goodrich and Mark Moore
Ehang 184 is flight testing in the US
Volocopter VC200: First flight
Vision Swiss Energy and Climate Summit