Our research ranges from small scale student thesis up to large scale international research. Mainly the research projects last 1-3 years and they include funding for example partly from private companies and partly from other financing institutions. We are motivated to conduct research that contributes to both: scientific discussions and practice. In the following we present briefly our current projects and some past ones.
Tovis, 2010-2011: Virtual Design and Testing of Control Systems in Mobile Work Machine. Design and testing of control system in a mobile work machine forms an important part of its product development. Shortcomings in comprehensive testing of control systems reduce speed in both the production and the product development. Furthermore they result in potential quality problems which are discovered by the customers. The goal of the project is to develop generic methods for design and testing of control systems in mobile work machine which enables production of well tested components and entities. They include methods for testing both the software (SW) and the hardware (HW).
VIKSU, 2010-2012: Development of Virtual Environment for Cockpit Design of Mobile Machine. The cabin of the work machine is usually a separate entity which is connected to the body of the work machine at the first stages of the design. The most important planning objectives for the cabin are the visibility, functionality, ergonomics and safety of the user. Furthermore, the cabin contains the user interface of the work machine which must be designed for the dynamic operation conditions of the work machine. In this project technology and methods for design the cabin and it’s user interface in the virtual environment without physical prototypes are developed.