Project Needs and Challenges

Challenge: Help Beijing Bowie solve the problems encountered during the current boarding bridge training:

The rea boarding bridge poses a high risk to aircraft operation and is prone to the risk of collision with the aircraft, resulting in huge loss of persona property (high risk).

Rea aircraft wil only stay for a short time and cannot cooperate with training for a long time (rea training opportunities are few, training time is short, and day and night are uncontrollable)

Most of the training boarding bridges are old bridges from the last century. Replacing new bridges makes it too expensive for new employees to train and the training results are poor (high cost and low effect of training bridges).

The training boarding bridge occupies about one and a half basketbal courts, and it is difficult to transport and deploy, and it is impossible to simulate the rea plane during training, so only one ladder can be used to simulate the aircraft door. (The venue is demanding and the training is not real).

The teaching and grading of the bridge rely entirely on the subjective grading of the instructor, and it is impossible to evaluate the success of the teaching objectively and impartially. (Lack of objective scoring)

Requirement: Solve the above problems with a software for boarding bridge training

Simulate the operation of the boarding bridge through a software to avoid the risk of rea bridge collision

The software can simulate any time state such as black day, daylight, etc., and can simulate different types of aircraft, boarding bridges, relevant ground crews, etc.

Support simulation operation training for the new bridge type (even if the new bridge type has not been deployed to the airport)

The software and hardware have low requirements for the site environment, and the simulation is realistic.

The boarding bridge operation can be judged through the software and scored

Main construction content

Hardware:

Simulation equipment for semi-physica operation of the boarding bridge

1 HTC Vive Pro helmet + 2 HTC base stations + 1 HTC tracker

1 high-performance workstation + monitor + matching keyboard and mouse

1 x Movable VR Platform Display Cabinet

Software:

1 set of virtua simulation training platform for Bowie boarding bridge (Unity custom development)

SteamVR

Key features and highlights:

Boarding bridge motion algorithm (rea simulated boarding bridge motion)

PLC stand of Modbus communication protoco combined with VR

Boarding bridge operation detection and scoring system

Project Harvest and Value

PLC combined with VR for semi-physica simulation platform development capabilities

Achieve the use of virtua training methods to supplement and partially replace the training methods of rea boarding bridges

Customer Feedback and Reviews

First-generation prototype donated to Civi Aviation Museum of China

Customer recognition, multiple repurchases, Beijing Shunyi Airport, Heilongjiang Airport, Shijiazhuang Airport al purchase applications

The boarding bridge trainer is very appreciative of the assessment and scoring system