We are partnering up with the Belgian Navy in the development of an innovation project around the use of smart glasses for Real-Time Remote Maintenance Assistance (RTRMA). The goal is to develop a solution to make communication between onboard technicians and remote experts easier when executing maintenance tasks at sea. Read more…
We are partnering up with the Belgian Air Force in the development of an innovation project around the use of Augmented Reality (AR) for Air Traffic Control (ATC). The goal is to develop a solution to alleviate the issues with the current operation of ATC officers and automate a part of their workflow. In local air traffic control, ATC officers have to coordinate the movements of all aircraft that are in their assigned airspace. An important element to properly coordinate the traffic is to build up situational awareness, which is a mental picture the controller makes of the different aircraft, containing both their current and expected (projected) position. To do this, the officer mainly uses three tools: radar, radio and large binoculars. In addition to the inherent complexity of performing the required checks with each of these tools, this setup creates an inconvenient information loss when switching between these three tools.
This master thesis project was realized by Brent De Decker during the academic year 2020-2021. This thesis explores the possibilities of combining localization and object detection using smart glasses and microcomputers. The question posed is whether these low-powered devices have the capabilities to perform these demanding tasks in parallel, and Read more…